NHLBI-Emory Advanced Cardiac CT Reconstruction
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Summary
Background: Doctors use computed tomography (CT) to get detailed pictures of the heart. CT uses x-rays to gather raw data. Computers assemble this data to make the images doctors look at. A new computer technique can make higher resolution images from the same CT scans. In this natural history study, researchers will take normal CT images of the heart. They will compare those images to super high-resolution (super high-res) images made with a super-computer. Objective: To improve the quality of heart CT scans by using new methods to create the images. Eligibility: People aged 18 years or older who need a CT scan for heart disease. Design: Participants will have a normal CT scan. A substance will be injected through a tube in their arm. They will lie on a table in a large, donut-shaped machine. An X-ray tube will move around their body, taking many pictures. Researchers will use the normal CT scans to create super high-res images. They may do this at the NIH. They may also send the images to the company that made the CT scanner. Participants personal information will be removed before images are sent to the company. The personal information will be replaced by a code. The super high-res images will be returned to the NIH. Some information will be collected from participants medical records. Researchers will compare the normal scans to the super high-res images. Participants' own doctors will also have a chance to see the super high-res images. Participants' CT pictures will be stored and used for future NIH research.
Description
Study Description: This is an observational technical development study of advanced mathematical image reconstruction of raw CT data on patients with structural heart disease, in order to create better pictures. The raw CT data are obtained in the course of clinically-indicated contrast-enhanced time-resolved cardiac CT without any change in clinical practice. The raw data are acquired on a specific imaging system (Canon Aquilion One) at the enrolling site(s). Subjects are recruited among candidates selected clinically to undergo time-resolved cardiac CT in the diagnosis and treatment of st…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–100 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
* INCLUSION CRITERIA: In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Male or female, aged \>= 18 years 2. Undergoing clinically-indicated contrast-enhanced time-resolved cardiac CT for structural heart disease. 3. Ability of subject to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: 1. Unable to complete contrast-enhanced cardiac CT acquisition for any reason 2. Unwilling to…
Locations (2)
- Emory University Midtown HospitalAtlanta, Georgia
- National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterBethesda, Maryland