A novel iterative reconstruction algorithm allows reduced dose multidetector-row CT imaging of mechanical prosthetic heart valves

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1567-1575

  Habets, Jesse ^a   Symersky, Petr ^b   De Mol, Bas A J M ^b   Mali, Willem P Th M ^a   Leiner, Tim ^a   Budde, Ricardo P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Computed tomography; Image noise; Iterative reconstruction; Prosthetic heart valve; Reconstruction algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CARBOMEDICS PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYSTOLE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84870477123     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9954-7     Document Type: Article

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