Why I made CardioMR
Cardiac MRI is one of the most powerful tests we have in cardiology. It tells us how well the heart pumps, whether the muscle is scarred or inflamed, and how blood flows through the valves and great vessels. But getting those answers takes time, and it takes good software.
In my daily work I saw how many minutes go into drawing contours slice by slice, and how the international analysis packages are out of reach for many centres in our region because of their cost. Too often, excellent images were reported with only part of the information they contain.
I wanted a tool that a cardiologist or radiologist could install on an ordinary Windows computer, that keeps patient images on that computer, and that goes from the DICOM folder to a complete, structured report in one place – with AI doing the repetitive contouring, and the reader always in control of the final result.
CardioMR has grown from real cases and from the questions that come up when reporting them. Features such as selecting the heart area so that automatic contours stay on the heart, or viability by coronary territory, came directly from that practice. I hope it saves you time and helps you get the most out of every study.
– Nasih Mohsin Ahmed