We needed a good cardiac package and the scanner included IDL-based applications. IDL's ability to link to existing code proved to be a big, labor-saving benefit. Currently, we have about fifteen thousand lines of IDL code and fifteen thousand lines of C code. The C code is called and executed when necessary, as the physician reviews and reads the study. Performance on the Macintosh has been quite good.
Brighter colors show better blood flow and darker colors show poorer blood flow.
An extensive stress-induced defect can be seen in the anterior, lateral, septal and apical portions of the myocardium that partially returns to normal at rest.