Assessment of the myocardium on 2-phase cardiac multidetector computed tomography: Does cyclic cardiac contraction influence myocardial attenuation?

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 602-608

  Boll, Daniel T ^a   Merkle, Elmar M ^a   Paulson, Erik K ^a   Hoffmann, Martin H ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Myocardium; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CORRELATION METHODS; LOCATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC CT; CARDIAC PHASIS; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY PERFUSION; MYOCARDIAL ATTENUATION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION; MYOCARDIUM; PERFUSION;

HEART;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PERIODICITY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PERIODICITY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 49949117645     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31813e07e3     Document Type: Article

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