Dual-Source CT(DSCT)
Image quality and radiation dose of dual-source CT cardiac angiography using prospective ECG-triggering technique in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease
... ECG-triggering DSCT is considered one of the most useful methods to reduce radiation dose ...gated dual-source CT imaging in 44 pediatric patients with congenital heart diseases ...triggering ...
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Exploration the Method of Low Dose Coronary Artery Imaging with Dual Source CT
... examination tool for non-invasive coronary artery imag- ing, it can be used as a supplement Cardiovascular Angi- ography, sometimes it can even replace Cardiovascular Angiography. In the process of the entire examination ...
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Application of Dual Source CT TurboFlash Coarse Pitch Scanning in Coronary Artery Imaging
... of dual-source CT coronary artery retrospectively, and to discuss the application value of TurboFlash coarse pitch scanning ...underwent CT coronary an- giography (CCTA) using Siemens force ...
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Imaging the Parasinus Region with a Third Generation Dual Source CT and the Effect of Tin Filtration on Image Quality and Radiation Dose
... third-generation dual-source CT system (Somatom Definition Force; Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) in single-source helical mode with a detector collimation of 192 ⫻ ...
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Four Dimensional Real Time Cine Images of Wrist Joint Kinematics Using Dual Source CT with Minimal Time Increment Scanning
... There are several limitations of this study in terms of val- idating functional carpal joint imaging using dual source CT. First, the z-axis is limited to 3.8 cm. Although this was sufficient to ...
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Diagnostic accuracy of dual-source CT angiography and coronary risk stratification
... uncertain. DSCT can provide us with all of this informa- ...multislice CT characteristics of coronary lesions in acute coronary syndromes and contrasted them with those in stable angina ...The CT ...
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The ascending aortic image quality and the whole aortic radiation dose of high-pitch dual-source CT angiography
... One recent study by Bolen et al. has shown that im- aging of the thoracoabdominal aorta with ECG-triggered high-pitch CTA provides higher quality images of the aortic root and ascending aorta with sufficient contrast ...
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Single-source chest-abdomen-pelvis cancer staging on a third generation dual-source CT system: comparison of automated tube potential selection to second generation dual-source CT
... generation DSCT, ADMIRE on 3 rd generation DSCT, Siemens Health- care), we selected filtered-back projection (FBP) reconstruc- tion algorithms by purpose for both ...
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Original Article Value of dual-source CT prospective ECG gate coronary angiography with flex padding technology in patients with sinus tachycardia
... coronary CT angiography (CTA) has been regarded as the golden standard and pri- mary screening method in the diagnosis of cor- onary artery disease for general ...that CT prospective ECG gate coronary ...
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Gold as a Potential Contrast Agent for Dual Energy CT
... diagnostic CT. This might be advanta- geous for material differentiation in dual-energy CT ...a dual source CT (Definition, Siemens ...calculated dual-energy ratios (DE ...
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Significance of an Advanced Image Based Virtual Monoenergetic Reconstruction of Dual Source Dual Energy CT Data at Low keV Increases Image Quality for Portal Vein System of Pancreatic Cancer Patients
... third-generation dual-source CT scanner (SOMATOM Force, Siemens Healthcare, Forchheim, Germany); the ...Stellant CT special high pressure syringe was ...
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Dual- and multi-energy CT: approach to functional imaging
... with dual-energy CT works especially well when the two energy spectra used have a minor overlap ...in CT, however, only reflects the peak energy of the X-ray photons, spectral overlap will occur ...
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Application of an Advanced Image Based Virtual Monoenergetic Reconstruction of Dual Source Dual Energy CT Data at Low keV Increases Image Quality for Esophageal Cancer Patients Imaging
... of dual-source CT in the diagnosis of esopha- geal cancer is mainly reflected in the application of reducing the radiation dose of patients [7], the characteristics of energy spectrum curve, iodine ...
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Tophus resolution with pegloticase: a prospective dual energy CT study
... 128-slice dual source CT system (De fi nition Flash; Siemens Healthcare) with two X-ray tubes operating at 80 and 140 ...Syngo Dual Energy software (CT Workplace VA44, Siemens ...
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Water-soluble l-cysteine-coated FePt nanoparticles as dual MRI/CT imaging contrast agent for glioma
... a dual MRI/CT contrast agent for malignant brain gliomas. The CT contrast imaging of FePt-Cys NPs was significantly more sensitive than that of the commonly used iohexol, even if the r 2 value of ...
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CT Angiographic Source Images: Flow or Volume Weighted?
... Early CT Score; AUC ⫽ area under the curve; CBF ⫽ cerebral blood flow; CBV ⫽ cerebral blood volume; CTA ⫽ CT angiography; CTA-SI ⫽ CT angiographic source images; DWI ⫽ diffusion-weighted ...
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Original Article Comparison of dual source computed tomography (CT) and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for pathological classification of esophageal cancer
... of dual-source computed tomography (DSCT) and diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) for pathological classification of esophageal ...Methods: CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were performed ...
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Illegal intra-corporeal packets: can dual energy CT be used for the evaluation of cocaine concentration? A cross sectional study
... HD CT (Discovery 750 HD CT, GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, USA), from lung bases to pelvis, without intra-venous, oral or rectal contrast material, using the following pa- rameters: 64 ...
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Improvement of Power Quality Features Using Dual Voltage Source Inverter
... The proposed DVSI topology is shown in Fig. 1. It consistsof a neutral point clamped (NPC) inverter to realize AVSI anda three-leg inverter for MVSI. These are connected to grid atthe PCC and supplying a nonlinear and ...
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Power Quality Improvement by Using Fuzzy Based Grid-Connected Dual Voltage Source Inverter
... realize dual functionalities in an inverter that would provide the active power injection from a solar PV system and also works as an active power filter, compensating unbalances and the reactive power required by ...
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