Oblique views outside the traditional axial / sagittal / coronal planes. Highly useful for the en-face view of the aortic valve during TAVR planning, or for accurately evaluating stenosis at any angle.
Bends the image to stretch an entire tortuous coronary into a single straight plane (the “rotisserie view”). The ideal view for grading stenosis severity — compare the narrowed site to a healthy reference segment side-by-side.
Maximizes the brightest structures. Excellent for long segments of small-caliber vessels and bright pulmonary nodules.
⚠️ Do not use MIP for myocardial perfusion — it will obscure small dark perfusion defects.
Maximizes the darkest structures. Favored for valve leaflet coaptation, vegetations, and pulmonary emboli.
External 3D model of the heart. Excellent for anomalous coronary courses, fistulas, and surgical bypass grafts in relation to the aorta. Should not be used to grade luminal stenoses — the surface renderer flatters the lesion.