The North American Society for Cardiac Imaging (NASCI) is an
international organization dedicated to the advancement of cardiovascular imaging.

Poster #, Title of Poster, Presenter
100 Early Results-64 Row CTA of Coronary Arteries in a Clinical Practice Muzaffer S. Tepe, MD.
101 Retrieval, Repositioning, Unknotting, and Stripping of Intracardiac Catheters and Foreign Bodies Jaime Tisnado, M.D.
102 Accuracy of Sixteen-slice CT Scanners in Detected Coronary Artery Disease Patcharee Paijitprapaporn, M.D.
103 Automated Analysis of Global Left Ventricular Function for Cardiac Multi-slice CT Images. Rob van der Geest, M.Sc.

104 PLANIMETRY OF AORTIC VALVE AREA IN AORTIC STENOSIS:EVALUATION WITH MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MSCT) Gudrun M. Feuchtner, M.D.
105 Ventricular Myocardial Fat: CT Findings and Clinical Correlates Adam H. Jacobi,
106 Fast Left Ventricular Function Assessment with Multi-Slice CT Compared to MUGA Scanning Jean-Louis Sablayrolles, MD
107 Non-invasive Evaluation of Global Left Ventricular Myocardial Function with ECG-gated 16-slice Multi-detector Computed Tomography in Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging Christof Burgstahler, MD
108 CT Detection of Myocardial Perfusion Defects During CT Pulmonary Angiography, a Retrospective Review. Yale Pollak, M.D.
109 Influence of Score Parameter Setting on Agatston and Volume Calcium Score Peter M. van Ooijen, MSc
110 Cardiovascular MR and CT Training: Didactic Model for Physicians and Technicians at the University of Florida Trichy Kethara Pasupathy, PhD.
112 Left Atrial Dynamic Imaging by ECG-Gated CT Benoit Desjardins, MD-PhD
113 Three-Dimensional, Time-Resolved Motion of the Coronary Arteries Kevin Johnson
114 Single Shot and Phasesensitive Detection for Assessment of Myocardial Infarction within a single Breathhold Armin M. Huber, MD
115 Comparison of the combination of single shot TrueFISP and 3D FLASH MR sequences with Inversion-recovery TurboFLASH for the detection of hyperenhancement in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction Gordon M. Butler
116 Cardiac Left Ventricle Segmentation in CT and MR Using a Fuzzy Inference 3D Active Shape Model Johan H. Reiber, PhD
117 ‘Look-alike’ vascular anomalies of the thorax Prachi P. Agarwal, M.D.
118 The Value of Single-Shot Half Fourier Imaging in Cardiac MR Examination Matteo Quarenghi
119 MRI for the diagnosis and follow-up of myocarditis Marina Huguet, PhD
120 Evaluation of Accuracy and Workflow Between Different SegmentationTechniques for Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Measurement in Cardiac Computed Tomography Melissa L. Vass, BSE
121 Quantitative Clinical Myocardial Perfusion Post Processing Alan Siuciak, MS
122 Reproducibility of Left Ventricular Dimensions from Short-Axis Cardiac MR Images, Derived Automatically from Gated Scout Acquisitions in Free Breathing and Breath-Holding Modes (Automated Scan Planning). Mikhail Danilouchkine, Ph.D.
123 MRI of Cardiac and Paracardiac Masses - A Pictorial Review Guenther Schneider
124 Segmentation of Cardiac Cine-MR Images of Left and Right Ventricles: An Interactive Semi-automated Method Compared with Manual Contouring Method Matteo Quarenghi
125 Balanced Gradient Echo Cardiac Cine Imaging Before and After Gadolinium Contrast Administration Kush R. Desai, BS
126 Aortic dissection: a biphasic imaging protocol for better vascular depiction G Schneider
127 Intra- And Inter-Operator Variability Factors in Cardiovascular MR: Left Ventricular Measurements and Their Reproducibility. Mikhail Danilouchkine, Ph.D.
128 Non- invasive evaluation of coronary bypass graft patency with ECG-gated multislice computed tomography (MSCT) in comparison to catheterized angiography Gudrun M. Feuchtner, M.D.
129 Assessment of Coronary Artery Stenoses: Comparing Multi-Row Detector Computed Tomographic Angiography and Conventional Coronary Angiography Wen-Jeng Lee, M.D.
130 Anomalous Coronary Anatomy using Multi Detector Computed Tomography Peter van Ooijen, MSc
131 Dynamic MDCT imaging of the left atrial appendage (LAA) prior to occluder insertion Orly Goitein, MD
132 Identification of Cardiac Calcification on CR images: Do Window/Level Settings Impact Detection? Tara M. Catanzano, MD
133 Evaluation of Synchronized Mechanical and Electrical Cardiograms in Atrial Fibrillation and Pacemaker Patients Marc A. Burrell
134 Decreased Radiation Dose Using ECG-Triggered Multidetector CT for Evaluation of Pulmonary Venous Anatomy versus ECG-Gated and Non-Gated Techniques Maxim Itkin, MD
135 Comparison of Multi-Slice CT with X-Ray Cath and Nuclear Stress Test for the Post-surgical Assessment of Coronary Artery By-pass Graft Patency Jean-Louis Sablayrolles, MD
136 Evaluation of hypokinetic myocardial segments with CE cardiac MRI after administration of Gd-BOPTA G Schneider
137 Clinical impact of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) on diagnosis and management of congenital cardiac and aortic diseases Matteo Quarenghi
138 Rapid Growing Literature and Deficiencies of the Information Structure for CT Coronary Angiography Cristiana Scridon, MD.
139 Coronary Calcification as Detected by Electron Beam Tomography: Effect of Slice Thickness on Calcium Scoring in Vitro and in Vivo Peter van Ooijen, MSc
140 Diagnostic Improvements in Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) using MS-325, a Blood Pool Contrast Agent: Summary of Four Phase III Trials E. K. Yucel, M.D.
141 Quantitative and Morphological Assessment of Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Symmetry Using Noninvasive Magnetic Resonance Imaging Tobias Saam, MD
142 Multislice Computer Tomographic Angiography for Evaluation of Coronary Lesion Morphology and Correlation to Clinical Presentation Guy J. Friedrich, MD
143 Plaque Classification with Thin-Slice Multi-detector Computed Tomography Subha V. Raman, MD, MS
144 Optimizing Contrast Medium Injection for Coronary CT Angiography (CCTA) Mati Shnapp
145 Massive Pulmonary Embolism: Transcatheter Lysis with Reteplase Jaime Tisnado, M.D.
146 LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION ANALYSIS USING 16 SLICED MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRPHY: COMPARING WITH ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY Laorporn Tangpagasit, MD.
147 Comparison of Multi-Slice CT with Echocardiography for the Diagnosis and the Quantification of Aortic Stenosis Jean-Louis Sablayrolles, MD
148 Comparison of Multi-Slice CT with X-Ray Cath and Nuclear Stress Test for the Post-surgical Assessment of Coronary Artery By-pass Graft Patency Jean-Louis Sablayrolles, MD
149 A Novel Method for Quantitating Regurgitation with MRI in Patients Selected for Mitral Valve Repair Jos J. Westenberg, Ph.D.
150 Three-Dimensional Multidetector Computed Tomograph Coronary Angiography in the Diagnosis of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery in an Elderly Patient Seung-Woon Rha, MD
151 Measurement of pulmonary artery pressure by Doppler and comparison with catheterization in patients with tricuspid regurgitation delaram yekta moazami, MD.
152 Multi-slice spiral computed tomography as first- line imaging technique in patients with chest pain: Experience in 213 patients Torsten Beck, MD
153 Bright Blood Cine Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging Evaluates Aortic and Mitral Valve Morphology in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease Susan Ghods, MD
155 Multislice Computer Tomographic Coronary Angiography for Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation Guy J. Friedrich, MD
156 Cardiac MR for Evaluation of Pericardial Effusion in Dogs Susan Ghods, MD
157 Contrast-Enhanced MR Imaging in Patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction: experience of our institute Hwan Seok Yong
160 Non-Compaction of the Myocardium with Concomitant Severe Mitral Insufficiency in a Neonate: Cardiac MRI as an Imaging Modality for Pre-operative Diagnosis and Post-operative Management. Martin C. Johns, MD
162 Septal Hypokinesia after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Evaluation with MR Imaging Sang Il Choi
165 Time-Resolved MRA: Techniques and Clinical Applications David W. Stanley, B.S.
164 How does patient size affect radiation doses in cardiac CT angiography? Rolf A. Grage, MD
166 Cardiac MR Using non-contrastTrueFISP cine sequences to evaluate the Left Atrial Appendage for the presence or absence of thrombus. James E. Fairlamb, MB. BCh
167 Imaging of Anomalous Aortic Origins of Coronary Arteries in Normally Formed Hearts satinder P. singh, MD
169 Accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Assessing Aortic root measurements in the Pediatric Patient: A comparison with the “gold standard” of echocardiography FREDERICK K. EMGE, MD.
170 Coronary CT Angiography: Evaluation of Influence on Image Quality and Optimized Reconstruction Window by Heart Rate and Its Variation. Sang Il Choi
171 Effects on outcome of Geographical Variations in Infarct Position Following Septal Ablation Therapy in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy -Predictive Value of Intra-Procedural Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Correlated with Infarct Size and Position by Magnetic Resonance Imaging using Delayed Contrast Enhancement JOHN M. CAHILL, MB BCh
172 Kymogram-Based Reconstruction of Coronary CTA Data in a Pig Model Harold Litt, MD-PhD
173 RISK STRATIFICATION USING THE RUMBERGER DATA BASE Leon Kaufman, PhD

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