Beam-hardening correction for virtual monochromatic imaging of myocardial perfusion via fast-switching dual-kVp 64-slice computed tomography: - A pilot study using a human heart specimen -

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1799-1801

  Yamada, Minoru ^a   Jinzaki, Masahiro ^a   Kuribayashi, Sachio ^a   Imanishi, Nobuaki ^a   Funato, Kazuya ^a   Aiso, Sadakazu ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beam hardening; Dual kVp; Myocardial perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL ANTERIOR WALL; MYOCARDIAL INFERIOR WALL; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL POSTEROBASAL WALL; PILOT STUDY;

ARTIFACTS; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84863226970     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-0463     Document Type: Article

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