Artifact reduction strategies for prosthetic heart valve CT imaging

Multislice CT evaluation of prosthetic heart valves (PHV) is limited by PHV-related artifacts. We assessed the influence of different kV settings, a metal artifact reduction filter (MARF) and an iterative reconstruction algorithm (IR) on PHV-induced artifacts in an in vitro model. A Medtronic-Hall t...

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Main Authors: Habets, Jesse, Symersky, Petr, Leiner, Tim, de Mol, Bas A. J. M., Mali, Willem P. Th. M., Budde, Ricardo P. J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Netherlands 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3485534/