Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 258-266, July 2010

Comparison of postprocessing techniques for the detection of perfusion defects by cardiac computed tomography in patients presenting with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

  • Ian S. Rogers, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology and Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114-2750, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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  • Ricardo C. Cury, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology and Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114-2750, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Ron Blankstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology and Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114-2750, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Michael D. Shapiro, DO

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology and Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114-2750, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Koen Nieman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology and Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114-2750, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Udo Hoffmann, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology and Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114-2750, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas J. Brady, MD

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Suhny Abbara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology and Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114-2750, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 7 September 2009; accepted 1 April 2010. published online 12 April 2010.

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 Conflict of interest: Dr Abbara has consulted with Partners Imaging, Magellan Healthcare, Perceptive Informatics and has received research funding from Bracco. The remaining authors report no conflicts of interest.

 Drs. Rogers, Blankstein, and Shapiro received support for this study from National Institutes of Health grant T32HL076136.

PII: S1934-5925(10)00255-8

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2010.04.003

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 258-266, July 2010

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