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Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
CT and MR datasets allowed interchangeable use of volumetric analysis tools
April 26th, 2005
A recent report on functional cardiac CT and MR describes the effects of heart rate and software applications on measurement validity. According to a study from the United States, "[Our] study sought to validate different software applications for cardiac function analysis using ECG-gated CT and MR datasets in correlation with underlying heart rate." D.T. Boll and colleagues of Case Western Reserve University explained, "Ten patients and a set of ventricular phantoms underwent concurrent multislice-CT and cine-MR imaging for evaluation of cardiac function. Datasets from both imaging modalities were evaluated utilizing 2 volumetric analysis tools to...
Source: Cardiovascular Business Week (2005-04-26)
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