Owing to recent advances in computing power, iterative reconstruction (IR) algorithms have
become a clinically viable option in computed tomographic (CT) imaging. Substantial …

Computed tomography is vulnerable to a wide variety of artifacts, including patient-and
technique-specific artifacts, some of which are unique to imaging of the heart. Motion is the …

Visual Computing for Medicine, Second Edition, offers cutting-edge visualization techniques
and their applications in medical diagnosis, education, and treatment. The book includes …

Purpose To (a) use a new second-generation wide-volume 320–detector row computed
tomographic (CT) scanner to explore optimization of radiation exposure in coronary CT …

The three CT components with the greatest impact on image quality are the X-ray source,
detection system and reconstruction algorithms. In this paper, we focus on the first two. We …

Multidetector coronary computed tomography (CT), which is widely performed to assess
coronary artery disease noninvasively and accurately, provides excellent image quality. Use …

Purpose: The purpose of this work was to assess the inherent image quality characteristics
of a new multidetector computed tomography system in terms of noise, resolution, and …

OBJECTIVE. CT myocardial perfusion imaging is rapidly becoming an important adjunct to
coronary CT angiography for the anatomic and functional assessment of coronary artery …

The applications of conventional computed tomography (CT) have been widely researched
and implemented in clinical practice. A recent technological innovation in the field of CT is …

Purpose: Applications of volumetric CT (VCT) are hampered by shading and streaking
artifacts in the reconstructed images. These artifacts are mainly due to strong x‐ray scatter …