Epicardial Adipose Tissue Attenuation and Fat Attenuation Index: Phantom Study and In Vivo Measurements With Photon-Counting Detector CT
Victor Mergen, Emanuel Ried, Thomas Allmendinger, Thomas Sartoretti, Kai Higashigaito, Robert Manka, André Euler, Hatem Alkadhi, Matthias Eberhard
Abstract
The findings may help standardize evaluation of pericoronary inflammation by PCD CT as a measure of patients' cardiac risk.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineImaging phantomAttenuationNuclear medicineScannerCorrection for attenuationAdipose tissueCoronary arteriesRadiologyPositron emission tomographyPhysicsOpticsInternal medicineArteryCardiovascular Disease and AdiposityCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsAdvanced X-ray and CT Imaging