CT detection of myocardial blood volume deficits: Dual-energy CT compared with single-energy CT spectra

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 421-429

  Arnoldi, Elisabeth ^a,b   Lee, Yeong Shyan ^a,c   Ruzsics, Balazs ^a,d   Weininger, Markus ^a   Spears, J Reid ^a   Rowley, Christopher P ^a   Chiaramida, Salvatore A ^a   Costello, Philip ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^b   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; CT; Dual energy CT; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SINGLE ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; BLOOD VOLUME; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 82955176994     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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