Reduced Radiation Dose and IR-impact on Coronary Calcium Quantification

University of Pennsylvania190 enrolled

Overview

Evaluation of reduced radiation dose iterative reconstruction reconstructions for calcium scoring compared to full dose filtered back projection reconstructions

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

190

Conditions

Atherosclerotic Plaque

Interventions

Iterative reconstruction at reduced radiation doseDEVICE

Evaluating Agatston coronary calcium score using reduced dose acquisitions reconstructed using iterative reconstruction

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing routine calcium scoring CT at facilities at the University of Pennsylvania Exclusion Criteria: * Patients found to have no coronary calcium on full dose FBP reconstructions

Locations (1)

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Calcium score

Calcium score compared to FBP full dose recon

Time frame: immediate

Secondary Outcomes

Risk stratification

Cardiovascular risk stratification group of reduced dose IR vs. full dose FBP

Time frame: immediate

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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