Researchers have developed a new method for diagnosing coronary heart disease with 33 per cent higher accuracy rate as compared with conventional methods. Developed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University the new technology is called Quantitative Flow Ratio (QFR) measurement system and has been approved by the China Food and Drug Administration Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. Based on the computational analysis of an X-ray coronary angiography image the system obtains the QFR which can help identify coronary heart disease. The new method will assist doctors in identifying coronary heart disease and assist in making treatment plans such as whether
