Beam-hardening in 70-kV Coronary CT angiography: Artifact reduction using an advanced post-processing algorithm.
Albrecht MH, Bickford MW, Schoepf UJ, Tesche C, De Santis D, Eid M, Jacobs BE, Duguay TM, Schmidt BT, Canstein C, Varga-Szemes A, Leithner D, Martin S, Vogl TJ, De Cecco CN.
Albrecht MH, et al.
Eur J Radiol. 2018 Apr;101:111-117. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2018.02.016. Epub 2018 Feb 16.
Eur J Radiol. 2018.
PMID: 29571783
Several region-of-interest (ROI) measurements were performed in the inferior wall of the left ventricle (LV), an area prone to beam-hardening, as well as other myocardial regions. Coronary contrast-to-noise (CNR) and signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) were calculated. ...RESULTS …
Several region-of-interest (ROI) measurements were performed in the inferior wall of the left ventricle (LV), an area prone to beam-h …