First in vivo demonstration of 1000fps high speed coronary angiography (HSCA) in a swine animal model

S. V. Setlur Nagesh; E. Vanderbilt; C. Koenigsknecht; D. Pionessa Jr.; V. K. Chivukula; C. N. Ionita; David M. Zlotnick; D. R. Bednarek; S. Rudin

doi:10.1117/12.3006858

2 April 2024 First in vivo demonstration of 1000fps high speed coronary angiography (HSCA) in a swine animal model

S. V. Setlur Nagesh, E. Vanderbilt, C. Koenigsknecht, D. Pionessa Jr., V. K. Chivukula, C. N. Ionita, David M. Zlotnick, D. R. Bednarek, S. Rudin

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Proceedings Volume 12930, Medical Imaging 2024: Clinical and Biomedical Imaging; 129300A (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3006858
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2024, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

High-Speed-Angiography (HSA) 1000 fps imaging was successfully used previously to visualize contrast media/blood flow in neurovascular anatomies. In this work we explore its usage in cardiovascular anatomies in a swine animal model. A 5 French catheter was guided into the right coronary artery of a swine, followed by the injection of iodine contrast through a computer-controlled injector at a controlled rate of 40 (ml/min). The injection process was captured using high-speed angiography at a rate of 1000 fps. The noise in the images was reduced using a custom-built machine-learning model consisting of long short-term memory networks. From the noise reduced images, velocity profiles of contrast/blood flow through the artery was calculated using Horn-Schunck optical flow (OF) method. From the high-speed coronary angiography (HSCA) images, the bolus of contrast could be visually tracked with ease as it traversed from the catheter tip through the artery. The imaging technique's high temporal resolution effectively minimized motion artifacts resulting from the heart's activity. The OF results of the contrast injection show velocities in the artery ranging from 20 – 40 cm/s. The results demonstrate the potential of 1000 fps HSCA in cardiovascular imaging. The combined high spatial and temporal resolution offered by this technique allows for the derivation of velocity profiles throughout the artery's structure, including regions distal and proximal to stenoses. This information can potentially be used to determine the need for stenoses treatment. Further investigations are warranted to expand our understanding of the applications of HSCA in cardiovascular research and clinical practice.

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S. V. Setlur Nagesh, E. Vanderbilt, C. Koenigsknecht, D. Pionessa Jr., V. K. Chivukula, C. N. Ionita, David M. Zlotnick, D. R. Bednarek, and S. Rudin "First in vivo demonstration of 1000fps high speed coronary angiography (HSCA) in a swine animal model", Proc. SPIE 12930, Medical Imaging 2024: Clinical and Biomedical Imaging, 129300A (2 April 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3006858

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