Automatic registration of misaligned CT attenuation correction maps in Rb-82 PET/CT improves detection of angiographically significant coronary artery disease

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1285-1295

  Slomka, Piotr J ^a,b   Diaz Zamudio, Mariana ^a   Dey, Damini ^a,b   Motwani, Manish ^a   Brodov, Yafim ^a   Choi, David ^a   Hayes, Sean ^a   Thomson, Louise ^a   Friedman, John ^a   Germano, Guido ^a,b   Berman, Daniel ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attenuation correction; coronary artery disease; image registration; myocardial perfusion imaging; PET CT

Indexed keywords

RUBIDIUM 82;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PET-CT SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84947616258     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-014-0060-9     Document Type: Article

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