Usefulness of second-generation motion correction algorithm in improving delineation and reducing motion artifact of coronary computed tomography angiography

This study investigated the usefulness of second-generation motion correction (MC2) in improving the delineation and interpretability of coronary arteries in coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) compared to first-generation method (MC1). CCTAs from 50 patients were reconstructed with no motion correction (NMC), MC1, and MC2, respectively. The coronary artery delineation was qualitatively rated on a 5-point scale. MC2 demonstrated significantly better scores than MC1 on a per-vessel and per-segment basis. The percentage of interpretable segments in MC2 images outperformed NMC and MC1. MC2 improves the delineation and interpretability of coronary arteries in CCTA compared to MC1.
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Research paper Source Type: research