Transthoracic echocardiography: pitfalls and limitations as delineated at cardiac CT and MR imaging

SB Malik, N Chen, RA Parker III, JY Hsu - Radiographics, 2017 - pubs.rsna.org
Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE transthoracic echocardiography) is a critical tool in the
field of clinical cardiology. It often serves as one of the first-line imaging modalities in the …

The sub-millisievert era in CTCA: The technical basis of the new radiation dose approach

N Schicchi, M Fogante, P Palumbo, G Agliata… - La radiologia …, 2020 - Springer
Computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) has become a cornerstone in the
diagnostic process of the heart disease. Although the cardiac imaging with interventional …

Computed tomography for myocardial characterization in ischemic heart disease: a state-of-the-art review

M Assen, M Vonder, GJ Pelgrim… - European Radiology …, 2020 - Springer
This review provides an overview of the currently available computed tomography (CT)
techniques for myocardial tissue characterization in ischemic heart disease, including CT …

Low-dose dynamic myocardial perfusion CT image reconstruction using pre-contrast normal-dose CT scan induced structure tensor total variation regularization

C Gong, C Han, G Gan, Z Deng, Y Zhou… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Dynamic myocardial perfusion CT (DMP-CT) imaging provides quantitative functional
information for diagnosis and risk stratification of coronary artery disease by calculating …

CT myocardial perfusion imaging: current status and future perspectives

DH Yang, YH Kim - The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, 2017 - Springer
Computed tomography myocardial perfusion (CTP) combined with coronary computed
tomography angiography (CCTA) may constitute a “1-stop shop” for the noninvasive …

Intermodel disagreement of myocardial blood flow estimation from dynamic CT perfusion imaging

M van Assen, GJ Pelgrim, CN De Cecco… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess the intermodel agreement of different tracer kinetic models to determine
myocardial blood flow (MBF) and their diagnostic accuracy in coronary artery disease (CAD) …

Cardiac CT improves outcomes in stable coronary heart disease: results of recent clinical trials

MC Williams, A Moss, E Nicol, DE Newby - Current Cardiovascular …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this study was to review the recent randomised
controlled trials of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) for patients with …

Low CT temporal sampling rates result in a substantial underestimation of myocardial blood flow measurements

M van Assen, GJ Pelgrim, E Slager, S van Tuijl… - … International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of temporal sampling rate in dynamic CT
myocardial perfusion imaging (CTMPI) on myocardial blood flow (MBF). Dynamic perfusion …

Temporal feature prior-aided separated reconstruction method for low-dose dynamic myocardial perfusion computed tomography

Z Chen, D Zeng, Z Huang, J Ma, Z Gu… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Dynamic myocardial perfusion computed tomography (DMP-CT) is an effective medical
imaging technique for coronary artery disease diagnosis and therapy guidance. However …

Noise reduction and motion elimination in low-dose 4D myocardial computed tomography perfusion (CTP): preliminary clinical evaluation of the ASTRA4D algorithm

S Lukas, S Feger, M Rief, E Zimmermann, M Dewey - European radiology, 2019 - Springer
Objectives To propose and evaluate a four-dimensional (4D) algorithm for joint motion
elimination and spatiotemporal noise reduction in low-dose dynamic myocardial computed …