SCCT 2021 expert consensus document on coronary computed tomographic angiography: a report of the society of cardiovascular computed tomography

J Narula, Y Chandrashekhar… - Journal of …, 2021 - journalofcardiovascularct.com
Jagat Narula a, 1, Y. Chandrashekhar b, 1, Amir Ahmadi a, Suhny Abbara c, Daniel S.
Berman d, Ron Blankstein e, Jonathon Leipsic f, David Newby g, Edward D. Nicol h, Koen …

Evolution in computed tomography: the battle for speed and dose

MM Lell, JE Wildberger, H Alkadhi… - Investigative …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
The advent of computed tomography (CT) has revolutionized radiology. Starting as head-
only scanners, modern CT systems are now capable of performing whole-body …

Clinical applications of cardiac computed tomography: a consensus paper of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging—part II

G Pontone, A Rossi, M Guglielmo… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cardiac computed tomography (CT) was initially developed as a non-invasive diagnostic
tool to detect and quantify coronary stenosis. Thanks to the rapid technological …

Adenosine-induced stress myocardial perfusion imaging using dual-source cardiac computed tomography

R Blankstein, LD Shturman, IS Rogers… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to determine the feasibility of performing a comprehensive
cardiac computed tomographic (CT) examination incorporating stress and rest myocardial …

Stress myocardial perfusion: imaging with multidetector CT

A Rossi, D Merkus, E Klotz, N Mollet, PJ de Feyter… - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Computed tomographic (CT) coronary angiography is a well-established, noninvasive
imaging modality for detection of coronary stenosis, but it has limited accuracy in …

[HTML][HTML] Dual-energy CT of the heart for diagnosing coronary artery stenosis and myocardial ischemia-initial experience

B Ruzsics, H Lee, PL Zwerner, M Gebregziabher… - European …, 2008 - Springer
We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of diagnosing coronary stenosis and myocardial
ischemia with a single dual-energy CT (DECT) acquisition. Thirty-five patients underwent …

Image fusion in dual energy computed tomography: effect on contrast enhancement, signal-to-noise ratio and image quality in computed tomography angiography

FF Behrendt, B Schmidt, C Plumhans, S Keil… - Investigative …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of different weighting factors
on contrast enhancement, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and image quality in image fusion in …

Comparison of dual-energy computed tomography of the heart with single photon emission computed tomography for assessment of coronary artery stenosis and of …

B Ruzsics, F Schwarz, UJ Schoepf, YS Lee… - The American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
To evaluate the performance of dual-energy computed tomography (CT) for integrative
imaging of the coronary artery morphology and the myocardial blood supply, 36 patients (15 …

Combination of a low-tube-voltage technique with hybrid iterative reconstruction (iDose) algorithm at coronary computed tomographic angiography

Y Funama, K Taguchi, D Utsunomiya… - Journal of computer …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
We compare the performance of low tube voltage with the hybrid iterative reconstruction
(iDose) with standard and low tube voltage with the filtered backprojection (FBP) using …

[HTML][HTML] Late iodine enhancement cardiac computed tomography for detection of myocardial scars: impact of experience in the clinical practice

A Palmisano, D Vignale, G Benedetti… - La radiologia …, 2020 - Springer
Background Cardiac CT with late iodine enhancement (LIE-CT) may characterize the
scarred myocardium, but the role of readers' experience and scar pattern on LIE-CT …