Iterative image reconstruction algorithms in coronary CT angiography improve the detection of lipid-core plaque – a comparison with histology

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-23

  Puchner, Stefan B ^a,b   Ferencik, Maros ^a   Maurovich Horvat, Pal ^a,c   Nakano, Masataka ^d   Otsuka, Fumiyuki ^d   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^e   Virmani, Renu ^d   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Schlett, Christopher L ^a,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary CT angiography; Diagnostic accuracy; Iterative reconstruction algorithm; Low attenuation plaque; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL; METHYLCELLULOSE; LIPID;

ADAPTIVE STATISTICAL ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIPID CORE PLAQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL BASED ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; IMAGE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84912070406     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3404-6     Document Type: Article

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