Dynamic iterative beam hardening correction (DIBHC) in myocardial perfusion imaging using contrast-enhanced computed tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 314-323

  Stenner, Philip ^a   Schmidt, Bernhard ^b   Allmendinger, Thomas ^b   Flohr, Thomas ^b   Kachelrieß, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beam hardening; Cardiac CT; Computed tomography; Quantitative perfusion analysis

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC ITERATIVE BEAM HARDENING CORRECTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952472901     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181e0300f     Document Type: Article

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