The effect of iterative reconstruction on quantitative computed tomography assessment of coronary plaque composition

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 155-163

  Takx, Richard A P ^a   Willemink, Martin J ^a   Nathoe, Hendrik M ^a   Schilham, Arnold M R ^a   Budde, Ricardo P J ^a   De Jong, Pim A ^a   Leiner, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Image noise; Iterative reconstruction; Plaque composition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATTENUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84896768380     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-013-0293-8     Document Type: Article

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