3-D Imaging and post-processing

Post Processing Cardiac CT
Shawn D. Teague, MD

• Cardiac Image Fusion from Stand-Alone SPECT and CT: Clinical Experience
  Oliver Gaemperli, Tiziano Schepis, Ines Valenta, Lars Husmann, Hans Scheffel, Victor Duerst, Franz R. Eberli, Thomas F. Luscher, Hatem Alkadhi, and Philipp A. Kaufmann
  J Nucl Med May 2007 48:696-703 (10.2967/jnumed.106.037606)

• Multislice CT Coronary Angiography: Evaluation of an Automatic Vessel Detection Tool (Abstract)
  M. Dewey, D. Schnapauff, M. Laule, A. Lembcke, A. C. Borges, W. Rutsch, B. Hamm, P. Rogalla
  Fortschr Röntgenstr 2004; 176(4): 478-483 DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-812991

• Three dimensional computed tomographic imaging in planning the surgical approach for redo cardiac surgery after coronary revascularization 
  Hrvoje Gasparovic, Frank J. Rybicki, John Millstine, Daniel Unic, John G. Byrne, Kent Yucel, and Tomislav Mihaljevic 
  Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 28(2): 244-249 doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.03.024

• CT angiography in highly calcified arteries: 2D manual vs. modified automated 3D approach to identify coronary stenoses 
  Marco A. S. Cordeiro, Albert C. Lardo, Marcelo S. V. Brito, Miguel A. Rosário Neto, Maria H. A. Siqueira, José R. Parga, Luiz F. Ávila, José A. F. Ramires, João A. C. Lima and Carlos E. Rochitte
  The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 22, Numbers 3-4, 507-516, DOI: 10.1007/s10554-005-9044-9

• Individually adapted, interactive multiplanar reformations vs. semi-automated coronary segmentation and curved planar reformations for stenosis detection in coronary computed tomography angiography (Abstract)
  Katharina Anders, Ulrike Ropers, Axel Kuettner, Martin Wechsel, Werner G. Daniel, Michael Uder, Stephan Achenbach 
  European Journal of Radiology – October 2011 (Vol. 80, Issue 1, Pages 89-95, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.06.013)

• Detection of Coronary Plaque by Computed Tomography With a Novel Plaque Analysis System, `Plaque Map’, and Comparison With Intravascular Ultrasound and Angioscopy 
  Sei Komatsu, Atsushi Hirayama, Yosuke Omori, Yasunori Ueda, Isamu Mizote, Yasuo Fujisawa, Masayoshi Kiyomoto, Toshiaki Higashide and Kazuhisa Kodama
  Circ J. Vol. 69. 72-77. (2005) doi:10.1253/circj.69.72  JOI JST.JSTAGE/circj/69.72

• Image assessment and post-processing with multislice CT angiography in highly calcified coronary arteries (Abstract)
  Gabija Pundziute, Joanne D. Schuijf, Jeroen J. Bax and Ernst E. van der Wall
  The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging (formerly Cardiac Imaging)  Volume 22, Numbers 3-4, 533-536, DOI: 10.1007/s10554-005-9060-9

• Diagnostic Accuracy of Image Postprocessing Methods for the Detection of Coronary Artery Stenoses by Using Multidetector CT 
  Maros Ferencik, Dieter Ropers, Suhny Abbara, Ricardo C. Cury, Udo Hoffmann, Koen Nieman, Thomas J. Brady, Fabian Moselewski, Werner G. Daniel, and Stephan Achenbach 
  Radiology June 2007 243:3 696-702; doi:10.1148/radiol.2433060080

• Volume Rendering versus Maximum Intensity Projection in CT Angiography: What Works Best, When, and Why (Full Text)
  Elliot K. Fishman, Derek R. Ney, David G. Heath, Frank M. Corl, Karen M. Horton, and Pamela T. Johnson 
  Radiographics May-June 2006 26:3 905-922; doi:10.1148/rg.263055186

• Quantitative parameters of image quality in 64-slice computed tomography angiography of the coronary arteries (Abstract)
  Maros Ferencik, Cesar H. Nomura, Pal Maurovich-Horvat, Udo Hoffmann, Antonio J. Pena, Ricardo C. Cury, Suhny Abbara, Koen Nieman, Umaima Fatima, Stephan Achenbach, Thomas J. Brady 
  European Journal of Radiology – March 2006 (Vol. 57, Issue 3, Pages 373-379, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2005.12.023)

• Coronary fly-through or virtual angioscopy using dual-source MDCT data 
  Peter M. A. van Ooijen, Gonda de Jonge, and Matthijs Oudkerk
  Eur Radiol. 2007 November; 17(11): 2852–2859.  Published online 2007 June 12. doi: 10.1007/s00330-007-0681-3

• Volumetric evaluation of coronary plaque in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction or stable angina pectoris—a multislice computerized tomography study (Abstract)
  Sophia Hammer-Hansen, Klaus Fuglsang Kofoed, Henning Kelbæk, Thomas Kristensen, Jørgen Tobias Kühl, Jens Jakob Thune, Lars Køber 
  American Heart Journal – March 2009 (Vol. 157, Issue 3, Pages 481-487, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.10.011)

• Three-dimensional CT Angiography of the Hepatic Artery: Use of Multi–Detector Row Helical CT and a Contrast Agent
  Masato Tanikake, Tadafumi Shimizu, Isamu Narabayashi, Mitsuru Matsuki, Kiyohiro Masuda, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Yasuo Uesugi, and Shushi Yoshikawa 
  Radiology June 2003 227:3 883-889; doi:10.1148/radiol.2273011964

• Evaluation of plaque characteristics in acute coronary syndromes: non-invasive assessment with multi-slice computed tomography and invasive evaluation with intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis
  Gabija Pundziute, Joanne D. Schuijf, J. Wouter Jukema, Isabel Decramer, Giovanna Sarno, Piet K. Vanhoenacker, Eric Boersma, Johan H.C. Reiber, Martin J. Schalij, William Wijns, and Jeroen J. Bax 
  Eur Heart J (2008) doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn356