The effect of iterative image reconstruction algorithms on the feasibility of automated plaque assessment in coronary CT angiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1879-1888

  Puchner, Stefan B ^a,b   Ferencik, Maros ^a   Karolyi, Mihaly ^a,c   Do, Synho ^a   Maurovich Horvat, Pal ^a,c   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^d   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Schlett, Christopher L ^a,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated; Coronary; CT angiography; Iterative reconstruction algorithm; Plaque assessment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE STATISTICAL ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODEL BASED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; PLAQUE ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ODDS RATIO; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84890128696     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-013-0281-z     Document Type: Article

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