Multidetector CT imaging of mechanical prosthetic heart valves: Quantification of artifacts with a pulsatile in-vitro model

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2103-2110

  Symersky, Petr ^a   Budde, Ricardo P J ^b   Westers, Paul ^b   De Mol, Bas A J M ^a,c   Prokop, Mathias ^d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Cardiac; CT; Heart valve prosthesis; In vitro

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CARBOMEDICS PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDTRONIC HALL HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ON X BILEAFLET HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 80053926858     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2146-y     Document Type: Article

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