Dual-energy CT of the heart-Principles and protocols

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 423-433

  Schwarz, Florian ^a   Ruzsics, Balazs ^a   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a   Bastarrika, Gorka ^a   Chiaramida, Salvatore A ^a   Abro, Joseph A ^a   Brothers, Robin L ^a   Vogt, Sebastian ^b   Schmidt, Bernhard ^b   Costello, Philip ^a   Zwerner, Peter L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; CT angiography; Dual energy computed tomography; Nuclear perfusion imaging; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; DUAL-ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR PERFUSION IMAGING;

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56349152648     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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