The potential benefits provided by new imaging technologies for the diagnostic evaluation of CAD are quantified by considering the expense, time, and associated risk of possible complications of traditional invasi... The potential benefits provided by new imaging technologies for the diagnostic evaluation of CAD are quantified by considering the expense, time, and associated risk of possible complications of traditional invasive angiography.……展开更多
This review paper aims to summarize cardiac CT blooming artifacts,how they present clinically and what their root causes and potential solutions are.A literature survey was performed covering any publications with a s...This review paper aims to summarize cardiac CT blooming artifacts,how they present clinically and what their root causes and potential solutions are.A literature survey was performed covering any publications with a specific interest in calcium blooming and stent blooming in cardiac CT.The claims from literature are compared and interpreted,aiming at narrowing down the root causes and most promising solutions for blooming artifacts.More than 30 journal publications were identified with specific relevance to blooming artifacts.The main reported causes of blooming artifacts are the partial volume effect,motion artifacts and beam hardening.The proposed solutions are classified as high-resolution CT hardware,high-resolution CT reconstruction,subtraction techniques and post-processing techniques,with a special emphasis on deep learning(DL)techniques.The partial volume effect is the leading cause of blooming artifacts.The partial volume effect can be minimized by increasing the CT spatial resolution through higherresolution CT hardware or advanced high-resolution CT reconstruction.In addition,DL techniques have shown great promise to correct for blooming artifacts.A combination of these techniques could avoid repeat scans for subtraction techniques.展开更多
In order to investigate the relationship between restenosis and the morphology detected by coronary angioscopy (CASC) and introvascular ultrasound imaging (IVUS), 17 patients were detected by CASC and IVUS immediately...In order to investigate the relationship between restenosis and the morphology detected by coronary angioscopy (CASC) and introvascular ultrasound imaging (IVUS), 17 patients were detected by CASC and IVUS immediately and 3 months after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioscopy (PTCA), The results showed that the dilation index by IVUS (DIu) was significantly lower in restenosis patients than in non-restenosis patients (0.42 +/- 0.08 versus 0.78 +/- 0.16, P < 0.01) and that the elastic recoil (ER) was higher in restenosis patients than in non-restenosis patients (4.51 +/- 1.42 mm(2) versus 1.63 +/- 1.20 mm(2), P < 0.01), and that the elastic recoil rate (ERR) was also higher in restenosis patients than in non-restenosis patients (57.3 +/- 8.07% versus 21.80 +/- 16.84% P < 0.01), and that coronary dissection, atheromatous plaque and calcification as well as the colour of inner coronary artery had no relation with chronic restenosis. In conclusion, the elastic recoil is one of the important factors of chronic restenosis after PTCA.展开更多
文摘 The potential benefits provided by new imaging technologies for the diagnostic evaluation of CAD are quantified by considering the expense, time, and associated risk of possible complications of traditional invasive angiography.……
基金Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Heart,Lung,And Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health,No.R01HL151561The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
文摘This review paper aims to summarize cardiac CT blooming artifacts,how they present clinically and what their root causes and potential solutions are.A literature survey was performed covering any publications with a specific interest in calcium blooming and stent blooming in cardiac CT.The claims from literature are compared and interpreted,aiming at narrowing down the root causes and most promising solutions for blooming artifacts.More than 30 journal publications were identified with specific relevance to blooming artifacts.The main reported causes of blooming artifacts are the partial volume effect,motion artifacts and beam hardening.The proposed solutions are classified as high-resolution CT hardware,high-resolution CT reconstruction,subtraction techniques and post-processing techniques,with a special emphasis on deep learning(DL)techniques.The partial volume effect is the leading cause of blooming artifacts.The partial volume effect can be minimized by increasing the CT spatial resolution through higherresolution CT hardware or advanced high-resolution CT reconstruction.In addition,DL techniques have shown great promise to correct for blooming artifacts.A combination of these techniques could avoid repeat scans for subtraction techniques.
文摘In order to investigate the relationship between restenosis and the morphology detected by coronary angioscopy (CASC) and introvascular ultrasound imaging (IVUS), 17 patients were detected by CASC and IVUS immediately and 3 months after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioscopy (PTCA), The results showed that the dilation index by IVUS (DIu) was significantly lower in restenosis patients than in non-restenosis patients (0.42 +/- 0.08 versus 0.78 +/- 0.16, P < 0.01) and that the elastic recoil (ER) was higher in restenosis patients than in non-restenosis patients (4.51 +/- 1.42 mm(2) versus 1.63 +/- 1.20 mm(2), P < 0.01), and that the elastic recoil rate (ERR) was also higher in restenosis patients than in non-restenosis patients (57.3 +/- 8.07% versus 21.80 +/- 16.84% P < 0.01), and that coronary dissection, atheromatous plaque and calcification as well as the colour of inner coronary artery had no relation with chronic restenosis. In conclusion, the elastic recoil is one of the important factors of chronic restenosis after PTCA.
