Single low-dose CT scan optimized for rest-stress PET attenuation correction and quantification of coronary artery calcium

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 419-428

  Kaster, Tyler S ^a   Dwivedi, Girish ^a   Susser, Leah ^a   Renaud, Jennifer M ^a   Beanlands, Rob S B ^a   Chow, Benjamin J W ^a   deKemp, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

coronary artery calcium; PET CT imaging; rubidium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PERFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PERFUSION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84939966702     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-014-0026-y     Document Type: Article

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