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Open AccessHigh-risk coronary plaque of sudden cardiac death victims: postmortem CT angiographic features and histopathologic findings
High-risk coronary plaques (HRP) are characterized in clinical radiological imaging by the presence of low plaque attenuation, a napkin-ring sign (NRS), spotty calcifications (SC) and a positive remodeling ind...
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Open AccessCoronary CT angiography for the assessment of atherosclerotic plaque inflammation: postmortem proof of concept with histological validation
To evaluate the diagnostic utility of multiphase postmortem CT angiography (PMCTA) to detect plaque enhancement as a surrogate marker of inflammation, using fatal coronary plaques obtained from autopsies follo...
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Open AccessReduced-iodine-dose dual-energy coronary CT angiography: qualitative and quantitative comparison between virtual monochromatic and polychromatic CT images
To quantitatively evaluate the impact of virtual monochromatic images (VMI) on reduced-iodine-dose dual-energy coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) in terms of coronary lumen segmentation in vitro, ...
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To reduce inferior vena cava filter (IVCF) related complications, retrieval is recommended whenever possible. Nevertheless, IVCF retrieval rates remain lower than expected, likely due to insufficient follow-up...
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Incidentally discovered COVID-19 pneumonia: the role of diagnostic imaging
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“Dark-blood” dual-energy computed tomography angiography for thoracic aortic wall imaging
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Open AccessTask-Based Model Observer Assessment of A Partial Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm in Thoracic Oncologic Multidetector CT
To investigate the impact of a partial model-based iterative reconstruction (ASiR-V) on image quality in thoracic oncologic multidetector computed tomography (MDCT), using human and mathematical model observer...
