Differences in perfusion ct parameter values with commercial software upgrades: A preliminary report about algorithm consistency and stability

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 805-811

  Mazzei, Maria Antonietta ^a   Squitieri, Nevada Cioffi ^a   Sani, Eleonora ^b   Guerrini, Susanna ^a   Imbriaco, Giusi ^a   Di Lucia, Duccio ^c   Guasti, Andrea ^c   Mazzei, Francesco Giuseppe ^c   Volterrani, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multidetector computed tomography; Oncology; Perfusion imaging; Software

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECONVOLUTION; HEMODYNAMICS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CONSISTENCY AND STABILITIES; DECONVOLUTION ALGORITHM; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV TEST; PERFUSION IMAGING; PERFUSION MEASUREMENTS; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; STABILITY AND RELIABILITIES;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IOPAMIDOL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTIGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ONCOLOGY; PERFUSION IMAGING; SOFTWARE;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84884336357     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185113484643     Document Type: Article

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