New applications of cardiac computed tomography: Dual-energy, spectral, and molecular CT imaging

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 710-723

  Danad, Ibrahim ^a   Fayad, Zahi A ^b   Willemink, Martin J ^b,c   Min, James K ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dual energy CT; molecular CT imaging; spectral CT

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIOLOGIST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84930699050     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.03.005     Document Type: Review

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