Computed tomography calcium score scan for attenuation correction of N-13 ammonia cardiac positron emission tomography: Effect of respiratory phase and registration method

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1351-1360

  Zaidi, Habib ^a,b,c   Nkoulou, Rene ^a   Bond, Sarah ^d   Baskin, Aylin ^a   Schindler, Thomas ^b   Ratib, Osman ^a   Declerck, Jerome ^d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Caernarfon   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Calcium scoring; Cardiac imaging; PET CT; Quantification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA N 13;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PET-CT SCANNER; PHOTON; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; REGISTRATION; REST;

ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84893697267     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-013-0207-9     Document Type: Article

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