Retrospectively ECG-gated multi-detector row CT of the chest: Does ECG-gating improve three-dimensional visualization of the bronchial tree?

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 513-521

  Schertler, T ^a   Wildermuth, S ^a   Willmann, J K ^a   Crook, D W ^a   Marincek, B ^a   Boehm, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ECG gated MDCT; Shaded surface display; Virtual bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; AORTA ANEURYSM; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2442675477     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-812777     Document Type: Article

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