Multidetector Computed Tomography

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and 2004 Adult Treatment Panel III cholesterol guidelines applied to HIV-infected patients with/without subclinical high-risk coronary plaque. 
  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute pancreatitis. 
  • Accuracy of contrast-enhanced dual-energy MDCT for the assessment of iodine uptake in renal lesions. 
  • Accuracy of multidetector computed tomography for detection of coronary artery stenosis in acute coronary syndrome compared with stable coronary disease: a CORE64 multicenter trial substudy. 
  • Adoption of Splenic Enhancement to Time and Trigger the Late Hepatic Arterial Phase During MDCT of the Liver: Proof of Concept and Clinical Feasibility. 
  • Applications and limitations of cardiac computed tomography in the evaluation of coronary artery disease. 
  • Balloon Versus Computed Tomography Sizing of the Aortic Annulus for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and the Impact of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Calcification and Morphology on Sizing. 
  • Cardiac computed tomography improves the identification of cardiomechanical complications among patients with suspected left ventricular assist device malfunction. 
  • Clinical impact of an adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction algorithm for detection of hypervascular liver tumours using a low tube voltage, high tube current MDCT technique. 
  • Clinical trial design principles and endpoint definitions for transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement: part 1: clinical trial design principles: A consensus document from the mitral valve academic research consortium. 
  • Comparison of cardiac magnetic resonance and computed tomography stress-rest perfusion imaging for detection of coronary artery disease. 
  • Comprehensive Echocardiographic Assessment of Normal Transcatheter Valve Function. 
  • Computed Tomography Angiogram Derived From Computed Tomography Perfusion Done with Low Iodine Volume Protocol Preserves Diagnostic Yield for Middle Cerebral Artery-M2 Occlusions. 
  • Computed Tomography-Based Oversizing Degrees and Incidence of Paravalvular Regurgitation of a New Generation Transcatheter Heart Valve. 
  • Computer-aided liver volumetry: performance of a fully-automated, prototype post-processing solution for whole-organ and lobar segmentation based on MDCT imaging. 
  • Coronary artery calcium: A technical argument for a new scoring method. 
  • Cross-sectional area for the calculation of carotid artery stenosis on computed tomographic angiography. 
  • Dependency of prescribed CT dose on table height, patient size, and localizer acquisition for one clinical MDCT. 
  • Diagnostic Performance of an Advanced Modeled Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm for Low-Contrast Detectability with a Third-Generation Dual-Source Multidetector CT Scanner: Potential for Radiation Dose Reduction in a Multireader Study. 
  • Diagnostic accuracy of coronary artery calcium for obstructive disease: results from the ACCURACY trial. 
  • Diagnostic accuracy of intra-abdominal fluid collection characterization in the era of multidetector computed tomography. 
  • Diagnostic performance of MDCT in identifying closed loop small bowel obstruction. 
  • Dual energy MDCT assessment of renal lesions: an overview. 
  • Dual-Energy MDCT for Imaging the Renal Mass. 
  • Dual-Energy Multidetector Computed Tomography With Iodine Quantification in the Evaluation of Portal Vein Thrombosis: Is It Possible to Discard the Unenhanced Phase? 
  • Dual-Energy Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography of the Hepatic Arterial System: Optimization of Energy and Material-Specific Reconstruction Techniques. 
  • Dual-Source Single-Energy Multidetector CT Used to Obtain Multiple Radiation Exposure Levels within the Same Patient: Phantom Development and Clinical Validation. 
  • Dual-energy CT workflow: multi-institutional consensus on standardization of abdominopelvic MDCT protocols. 
  • Dual-energy MDCT in hypervascular liver tumors: effect of body size on selection of the optimal monochromatic energy level. 
  • Dual-energy multidetector CT for the characterization of incidental adrenal nodules: diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced material density analysis. 
  • Economic Outcomes With Anatomical Versus Functional Diagnostic Testing for Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Effect of Radiation Dose Reduction and Reconstruction Algorithm on Image Noise, Contrast, Resolution, and Detectability of Subtle Hypoattenuating Liver Lesions at Multidetector CT: Filtered Back Projection versus a Commercial Model-based Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm. 
  • Effect of radiologists' experience with an adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction algorithm on detection of hypervascular liver lesions and perception of image quality. 
  • Energy-Specific Optimization of Attenuation Thresholds for Low-Energy Virtual Monoenergetic Images in Renal Lesion Evaluation. 
  • High-Pitch Dual-Source MDCT for Imaging of the Thoracoabdominal Aorta: Relationships Among Radiation Dose, Noise, Pitch, and Body Size in a Phantom Experiment and Clinical Study. 
  • How accurate and precise are CT based measurements of iodine concentration? A comparison of the minimum detectable concentration difference among single source and dual source dual energy CT in a phantom study. 
  • Imaging comparison of tubular and colloid pancreatic adenocarcinoma arising from intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm on multidetector CT. 
  • Imaging the renal lesion with dual-energy multidetector CT and multi-energy applications in clinical practice: what can it truly do for you? 
  • Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on the Evaluation of Stable Chest Pain Patients: Insights From the PROMISE (Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain) Trial. 
  • Impact of dual energy cardiac CT for metal artefact reduction post aortic valve replacement. 
  • Impact of dual-energy multi-detector row CT with virtual monochromatic imaging on renal cyst pseudoenhancement: in vitro and in vivo study. 
  • Improved aortic enhancement in CT angiography using slope-based triggering with table speed optimization: a pilot study. 
  • Incidence and predictors of lesion-specific ischemia by FFRCT: Learnings from the international ADVANCE registry. 
  • Incidental detection of nutcracker phenomenon on multidetector CT in an asymptomatic population: prevalence and associated findings. 
  • Interobserver agreement for detection of malignant features of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas on MDCT. 
  • Invited commentary. 
  • Iodine quantification to distinguish clear cell from papillary renal cell carcinoma at dual-energy multidetector CT: a multireader diagnostic performance study. 
  • Iodine quantification using dual-energy multidetector computed tomography imaging: phantom study assessing the impact of iterative reconstruction schemes and patient habitus on accuracy. 
  • Lessons learned from 118,970 multidetector computed tomographic intravenous contrast material administrations: impact of catheter dwell time and gauge, catheter location, rate of contrast material administration, and patient age and sex on volume of extravasate. 
  • MDCT evaluation of the pancreas: nuts and bolts. 
  • Multiphase multi-detector row computed tomography in the setting of chronic liver disease and orthotopic liver transplantation: can a series be eliminated in order to reduce radiation dose? 
  • Noninvasive FFR Derived From Coronary CT Angiography: Management and Outcomes in the PROMISE Trial. 
  • Nonlinear image blending for dual-energy MDCT of the abdomen: can image quality be preserved if the contrast medium dose is reduced? 
  • Optimizing Identification of Power Injectable Ports on the Scout Images for Multidetector Computed Tomography Procedures. 
  • PROspective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of chest pain: rationale and design of the PROMISE trial. 
  • Pediatric chest and abdominopelvic CT: organ dose estimation based on 42 patient models. 
  • Pericardial fat is associated with atrial conduction: the Framingham Heart Study. 
  • Preoperative risk prediction for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms by quantitative CT image analysis. 
  • Preprocedural ECG-gated computed tomography for prevention of complications during lead extraction. 
  • Prognostic Value of Coronary Artery Calcium in the PROMISE Study (Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain). 
  • Quantitative Features of Liver Lesions, Lung Nodules, and Renal Stones at Multi-Detector Row CT Examinations: Dependency on Radiation Dose and Reconstruction Algorithm. 
  • Quantitative imaging features of pretreatment CT predict volumetric response to chemotherapy in patients with colorectal liver metastases. 
  • Regional Mapping of Aortic Wall Stress by Using Deformable, Motion-coherent Modeling based on Electrocardiography-gated Multidetector CT Angiography: Feasibility Study. 
  • Relationship of Annular Sizing Using Multidetector Computed Tomographic Imaging and Clinical Outcomes After Self-Expanding CoreValve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Rethinking Aortic Root Replacement With Anomalous Left Coronary After Computed Tomographic Angiogram. 
  • Safety and Efficacy of Self-Expanding TAVR in Patients With Aortoventricular Angulation. 
  • Safety of coronary CT angiography and functional testing for stable chest pain in the PROMISE trial: A randomized comparison of test complications, incidental findings, and radiation dose. 
  • Seatbelt sign in a case of blunt abdominal trauma; what lies beneath it? 
  • Stress Testing Versus CT Angiography in Patients With Diabetes and Suspected Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • The association of left atrial low-voltage regions on electroanatomic mapping with low attenuation regions on cardiac computed tomography perfusion imaging in patients with atrial fibrillation. 
  • The theory and practice of imaging outcomes research. 
  • Tin-filtered low-dose chest CT to quantify macroscopic calcification burden of the thoracic aorta. 
  • Use of Preprocedural MDCT for Cardiac Implantable Electric Device Lead Extraction: Frequency of Findings That Change Management. 
  • Usefulness of Coronary Artery Calcium to Predict Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction in Men Versus Women (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). 
  • Variability of MDCT dose due to technologist performance: impact of posteroanterior versus anteroposterior localizer image and table height with use of automated tube current modulation. 
  • Venous filling defects on portal venous phase CT of the abdomen and pelvis: clinical implications and positive predictive value for diagnosing deep venous thrombosis. 
  • Virtual Monochromatic Images from Dual-Energy Multidetector CT: Variance in CT Numbers from the Same Lesion between Single-Source Projection-based and Dual-Source Image-based Implementations. 
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  • Abadi, Ehsan, Assistant Professor in Radiology, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Stinnett, Sandra Sue, Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Wiggins, Walter, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Radiology, Neuroradiology