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20559155

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-10-5
pubmed:abstractText
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET)/CT imaging is a noninvasive procedure allowing the assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD). CT-based attenuation correction of PET data is essential for accurate quantitative analysis in PET/CT imaging. Coronary artery calcium scoring CT (CaScCT) is used as a noninvasive tool for the diagnosis of atherosclerosis in patients with medium risk for CAD. In addition to the CaScCT examination, current cardiac rest/stress NH3 or ¹?F-fluorodeoxyglucose viability PET/CT protocols incorporate a correlated low-dose CT scan for attenuation correction purposes (ACCT). As a result, the patient receives a non-negligible radiation dose. The aim of this study is to evaluate the possibility of using CaScCT images for AC of myocardial rest/stress/viability PET data with the aim of reducing patient dose.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1473-5628
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
780-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Coronary calcium score scan-based attenuation correction in cardiovascular PET imaging.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiation Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't