Coronary artery calcium measurement with multi-detector row CT and low radiation dose: Comparison between 55 and 165 mAs

Radiology

Volumn 236, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 810-814

  Shemesh, Joseph ^a   Evron, Rami ^b   Koren Morag, Nira ^a   Apter, Sara ^c   Rozenman, Judith ^c   Shaham, Dorith ^d   Itzchak, Yacov ^c   Motro, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23844510187     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2363040039     Document Type: Article

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