Quantitative myocardial perfusion imaging using rapid kVp switch dual-energy CT: Preliminary experience

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 430-442

  So, Aaron ^a,b   Lee, Ting Yim ^a,b   Imai, Yasuhiro ^c   Narayanan, Suresh ^c   Hsieh, Jiang ^c   Kramer, John ^c   Procknow, Karen ^c   Leipsic, Jonathon ^d   LaBounty, Troy ^e   Min, James ^e  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam hardening artifact; Beam hardening correction; Dual energy CT; Quantitative myocardial CT perfusion; Single energy CT

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 82955176996     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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