Dynamic CT Perfusion Imaging of the Myocardium: A Technical Note on Improvement of Image Quality

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Muenzel, Daniela ^a   Kabus, Sven ^b   Gramer, Bettina ^a   Leber, Vivian ^a   Vembar, Mani ^c   Schmitt, Holger ^b   Wildgruber, Moritz ^a   Fingerle, Alexander A ^a   Rummeny, Ernst J ^a   Huber, Armin ^a   Noël, Peter B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NOISE; REVIEW;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84885137645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075263     Document Type: Review

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