Diagnostic performance and image quality of iterative model-based reconstruction of coronary CT angiography using 100 kVp for heavily calcified coronary vessels.

Junwoo KimBon Seung GooYoung-Seok ChoTae-Jin YounDong Jun ChoiAmar DhanantwariMani VembarEun Ju Chun

Published in: PloS one (2019)

100 kVp IMR may be useful for the assessment of heavily calcified coronary vessels, providing better diagnostic performance than FBP or iDose4 at the same dose, while maintaining similar diagnostic accuracy to 120 kVp IMR.

Keyphrases

image quality
coronary artery disease
coronary artery
computed tomography
dual energy
aortic stenosis
magnetic resonance imaging
atrial fibrillation
transcatheter aortic valve replacement