Initial experience of cardiac multidetector-row CT using a multisector reconstruction algorithm: studies of normal volunteers

Multisector reconstruction is a newly devised algorithm that realizes cardiac images of high temporal resolution (0.13 msec minimum) at arbitrary phases of the cardiac cycle without degrading the signal-to-noise ratio. In this study, we examined the image quality of volunteers' examinations. Mu...

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Published in:	Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai zasshi. Nippon acta radiologica Vol. 60; no. 12; p. 705
Main Authors:	Horiguchi, J, Nakanishi, T, Ito, K, Shen, Y
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Japanese
Published:	Japan 01.10.2000
Subjects:	Adult Algorithms Heart - diagnostic imaging Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods Male Middle Aged Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
ISSN:	0048-0428
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Summary:	Multisector reconstruction is a newly devised algorithm that realizes cardiac images of high temporal resolution (0.13 msec minimum) at arbitrary phases of the cardiac cycle without degrading the signal-to-noise ratio. In this study, we examined the image quality of volunteers' examinations. Multisector reconstruction was found to be a feasible tool, providing excellent cardiac images almost without motion artifact. In addition to detecting coronary calcium, with the advantage of multidetector-row CT for good z-axis resolution and for volumetric data acquisition of the entire heart within a single breath hold, this technique could provide 3D images beneficial to the analysis of cardiac motion.
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ISSN:	0048-0428