P418Cine short-axis image quality optimisation on 3T cardiac MR

This chapter covers all aspects of transthoracic examination, including patient information, preparing machine and probe, probe handling and image quality, 2D image acquisition, 3D image acquisition, multiplane image acquisition, data acquisition, parasternal long axis view, parasternal right ventricle inflow view, parasternal right ventricle outflow view, parasternal short axis (aortic) view, parasternal short axis (mitral) view, parasternal short axis (ventricle) views, parasternal 3D views, apical 4-chamber view, apical 5-chamber view, apical 2-chamber view, apical 3-chamber view, apical 3D views, subcostal views, inferior vena cava view, abdominal aorta view, suprasternal view, right parasternal view, and standard examination.

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Image noise-based dose adaptation in dynamic volume CT of the heart: dose and image quality optimisation in comparison with BMI-based dose adaptation

European Radiology ◽

10.1007/s00330-013-2980-1 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 86-94 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Devang Odedra ◽

Joerg Blobel ◽

Saad AlHumayyd ◽

Miranda Durand ◽

Laura Jimenez-Juan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Image Quality ◽

Image Noise ◽

Heart Dose ◽

Dose Adaptation ◽

Quality Optimisation ◽

Volume Ct ◽

Dynamic Volume Ct

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Pericardial mass in a 71-year-old man

Heart ◽

10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313363 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 104 (23) ◽

pp. 1936-1936 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Giulia Grazzini ◽

Linda Calistri ◽

Cosimo Nardi

Keyword(s):

Positron Emission Tomography ◽

Emission Tomography ◽

List Type ◽

Short Axis ◽

Short Axis Image ◽

Fat Saturation ◽

Weighted Image ◽

Coronary Ct ◽

Positron Emission ◽

Pericardial Mass

Clinical introductionA 71-year-old man, with a history of chronic aortic regurgitation and negative follow-up after bladder cancer resection 10 months before, had an aortic valve surgery. Two months after, a mass near the right side of the heart had been detected by transthoracic echocardiography performed for dyspnoea, without a cough or fever. The quality of ultrasound images did not allow for an appropriate evaluation due to the outcomes of the sternotomy and the presence of calcified pachypleurite. In order to evaluate this finding, coronary CT (CCT) (figure 1A,B) and positron-emission tomography with 2-[18F] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG-PET) (figure 1C) were performed. Finally, a cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) was requested (figure 1D–F, see online supplementary videos).Figure 1(A) Short axis image of early contrast enhancement phase coronary CT (CCT); (B) short axis of delayed phase of the same CCT; (C) lesion on positron-emission tomography with 2-[18F] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose image (white arrow); CMR short axis (D) T2-weighted image with fat saturation; (E) T1-weighted image with fat-saturation; (F) T1-weighted image without fat-saturation.QuestionWhich of the following is the most likely diagnosis of the pericardial mass?Primary pericardial tumour.Pericardial metastasis.Intrapericardial abscess.Intrapericardial haematoma.

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