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Electrocardiography-triggered high-resolution CT for reducing cardiac motion artifact: evaluation of the extent of ground-glass attenuation in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18085403     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the decreasing of cardiac motion artifact and whether the extent of ground-glass attenuation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) was accurately assessed by electrocardiography (ECG)-triggered high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) by 0.5-s/rotation multidetector-row CT (MDCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: ECG-triggered HRCT were scanned at the end-diastolic phase by a MDCT scanner with the following scan parameters; axial four-slice mode, 0.5 mm collimation, 0.5-s/rotation, 120 kVp, 200 mA/rotation, high-frequency algorithm, and half reconstruction. In 42 patients with IPF, both conventional HRCT (ECG gating(-), full reconstruction) and ECG-triggered HRCT were performed at the same levels (10-mm intervals) with the above scan parameters. The correlation between percent diffusion of carbon monoxide of the lung (%DLCO) and the mean extent of ground-glass attenuation on both conventional HRCT and ECG-triggered HRCT was evaluated with the Spearman rank correlation coefficient test. RESULTS: The correlation between %DLCO and the mean extent of ground-glass attenuation on ECG-triggered HRCT (observer A: r = -0.790, P < 0.0001; observer B: r = -0.710, P < 0.0001) was superior to that on conventional HRCT (observer A: r = -0.395, P < 0.05; observer B: r = -0.577, P = 0.002) for both observers. CONCLUSION: ECG-triggered HRCT by 0.5 s/rotation MDCT can reduce the cardiac motion artifact and is useful for evaluating the extent of ground-glass attenuation of IPF.
Authors:
Motoko Nishiura; Takeshi Johkoh; Shuji Yamamoto; Osamu Honda; Takenori Kozuka; Mitsuhiro Koyama; Noriyuki Tomiyama; Seiki Hamada; Takamichi Murakami; Takashi Matsumoto; Yoshifumi Narumi; Hironobu Nakamura
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2007-12-25
Journal Detail:
Title:  Radiation medicine     Volume:  25     ISSN:  0288-2043     ISO Abbreviation:  Radiat Med     Publication Date:  2007 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-12-18     Completed Date:  2008-03-07     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8412264     Medline TA:  Radiat Med     Country:  Japan    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  523-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan. nishiura@butsuryo.ac.jp
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Algorithms
Artifacts
Electrocardiography*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Fibrosis / radiography*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

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