title: Image quality criteria in cardiology.
abstract: Image quality evaluation plays a key role in the process of optimisation in radiological procedures. Image quality criteria for cardiac cine-angiography were recently agreed as part of a European Research Project, and a scoring system based on these criteria has been developed to allow an 'objective' measurement of the quality of cardiac angiograms. Two studies aimed at the evaluation of the methodology have been completed, demonstrating that the method can be applied to cardiac images and translated into a scoring system that yields reproducible data. Based on the results of these studies, quality criteria have been further reviewed by DIMOND III panel and the updated version is presented in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Cardiologia, Az. Osp. S. Maria della Misericordia, Piazzale della Misericordia, 15, 33100 Udine, Italy. guglbern@tin.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bernardi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Padovani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spedicato
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Desmet
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Malisan
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Giannuleas
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Neofotistou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manginas
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Olivari
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cosgrave
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alfonso
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bosmans
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dowling
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vano
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results