A stepwise approach to the visual interpretation of CT-based myocardial perfusion

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 357-369

  Mehra, Vishal C ^a   Valdiviezo, Carolina ^a   Arbab Zadeh, Armin ^a   Ko, Brian S ^b   Seneviratne, Sujith K ^b   Cerci, Rodrigo ^a   Lima, Joao A C ^a   George, Richard T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Myocardial perfusion; Risk assessment; Stress testing

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART BEAT; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REST; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY;

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

EID: 82955189772     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.10.010     Document Type: Review

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