- Illustrate the use of 3D rendering techniques for identifying morphological and functional anomalies of the heart and coronary vessels - Educate radiologists about cardiac CTA techniques using an interactive multimedia teaching tool - Demonstrate the clinical usefulness of 3D and 4D CTA imaging and rendering techniques

An interactive teaching program illustrates the role of multidetector CTA imaging of the heart and coronary vessels. It allows navigating through different rendering techniques such as MIP, surface and volume rendering, and multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) and 3D cine sequences (4D images). Selected cases include coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, coronary anomalies, congenital disease, aortic and pulmonary arterial and venous anomalies

This multimedia teaching tool illustrates the value of different image processing and rendering techniques with emphasis on dynamic cine sequences that are suitable for diagnostic interpretation of cardiac studies. With a large range of illustrative cases it demonstrates the usefulness of dynamic 3D and 4D rendering in perception of topological relationship and functional anomalies in well-documented clinical examples.