CT-based myocardial perfusion imaging-practical considerations: Acquisition, image analysis, interpretation, and challenges

Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 437-448

  Mehra, Vishal C ^a   Ambrose, Marietta ^a   Valdiviezo Schlomp, Carolina ^a   Schuleri, Karl H ^a   Lardo, Albert C ^a,b   Lima, Joao A C ^a   George, Richard T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; CORE320 study; CT perfusion; Multidetector CT; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Stress testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960451002     PISSN: 19375387     EISSN: 19375395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12265-011-9286-y     Document Type: Article

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