MRI Simulation Of Blood Flow Helps Plan Child's Delicate Heart Surgery
Friday, September 11, 2009 - 12:21
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have developed a virtual surgery tool that allows heart surgeons to manipulate 3-D cardiac magnetic resonance images of a patient's specific anatomy to select the best approach for each patient before entering the operating room. In a new study, the researchers detail how the tool helped them plan the surgery of a 4-year-old girl born with just one functional ventricle instead of two.