Thin-section CT of lung without ECG gating: 64-detector row CT can markedly reduce cardiac motion artifact which can simulate lung lesions

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-107

  Yanagawa, Masahiro ^a   Tomiyama, Noriyuki ^a   Sumikawa, Hiromitsu ^a   Inoue, Atsuo ^a   Daimon, Tadahisa ^a,b   Honda, Osamu ^a   Mihara, Naoki ^a,c   Johkoh, Takeshi ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Radiology   (Japan)

Author keywords

ECG gating; MDCT; Motion artifacts

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC MOTION ARTIFACTS; CLINICAL INFORMATIONS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASES; ECG GATING; HEART RATES; HIGH TEMPORALS; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENTS; LUNG LESIONS; MDCT; MDCT IMAGES; MOTION ARTIFACTS; ROTATION TIMES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MOTION ESTIMATION; SECURITY OF DATA; SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG LESION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149489769     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.10.027     Document Type: Article

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