Science to practice: Can multi-detector row spiral CT be used to assess left ventricular function?

Radiology

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-2

  Woodard, Pamela K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SHORT SURVEY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 20744432463     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2361041066     Document Type: Short Survey

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