Value of knowledge-based iterative model reconstruction in low-kV 256-slice coronary CT angiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 115-123

  Yuki, Hideaki ^a   Utsunomiya, Daisuke ^a   Funama, Yoshinori ^a   Tokuyasu, Shinichi ^b   Namimoto, Tomohiro ^a   Hirai, Toshinori ^a   Itatani, Ryo ^c   Katahira, Kazuhiro ^c   Oshima, Shuichi ^c   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^c KUMAMOTO CHUO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Coronary artery; Iterative model reconstruction; Low tube voltage; Multidetector CT

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IOHEXOL; LANDIOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; HYBRID; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE MODEL RECONSTRUCTION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84896513512     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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