Quantitative myocardial CT perfusion: A pictorial review and the current state of technology development

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 467-481

  So, Aaron ^a   Lee, Ting Yim ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beam hardening correction; Dual energy CT; Iterative reconstruction; Myocardial CT perfusion; Quantitative; Radiation dose reduction; Tracer kinetic modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 82955176990     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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