Different Reconstruction Intervals for Exclusion of Coronary Artery Calcifications by Retrospectively Gated MDCT
| Autor: | Meinrad Beer, Joern J.W. Sandstede, Christian Ritter, Dietbert Hahn, Frank Wendel, Julia Stoffels |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Iohexol Contrast Media Coronary Artery Disease Coronary calcium Coronary Angiography Coronary artery disease Image Processing Computer-Assisted medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Retrospective Studies medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Calcinosis General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Predictive value medicine.anatomical_structure Calcium scoring Female Radiology Tomography X-Ray Computed business Electrocardiography Calcium score Calcification Artery |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Roentgenology. 186:193-197 |
| ISSN: | 1546-3141 0361-803X |
| DOI: | 10.2214/ajr.04.0793 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE. Exclusion of coronary artery calcifications has a high negative predictive value for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. However, it is known that significant differences in calcium scoring can occur because of the ECG trigger interval. Thus, the aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of different reconstruction intervals on detection of any coronary calcium by using MDCT and retrospective cardiac gating.CONCLUSION. For a true exclusion of coronary artery calcifications, different reconstruction intervals have to be evaluated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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