Open AccessSynchrotron radiation computed tomography assessment of calcified plaques and coronary stenosis with different slice thicknesses and beam energies on 3D printed coronary models
Author(s) -
Zhonghua Sun,
Curtise Ng,
Andrew Squelch
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-4292
pISSN - 2223-4306
DOI - 10.21037/qims.2018.09.11
Subject(s) - stenosis , coronary arteries , medicine , lumen (anatomy) , synchrotron radiation , radiology , artery , coronary artery disease , nuclear medicine , materials science , optics , physics
To investigate the effect of different slice thicknesses and beam energies on the visualization and assessment of coronary artery stenosis caused by calcified plaques using synchrotron radiation computed tomography (CT) based on 3D printed coronary artery models.