Introduction to coronary imaging with 64-slice Computed Tomography;Introduzione all'imaging coronarico con tecnologia TC a 64 strati

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 16-41

  Cademartiri, Filippo ^a,b,i   Runza, Giuseppe ^a,c   Belgrano, Manuel ^a,d   Luccichenti, Giacomo ^e   Mollet, Nico R ^a   Malagutti, Patrizia ^a,f   Silvestrini, Marco ^g   Midiri, Massimo ^c   Cova, Maria ^d   Pozzi Mucelli, Roberte ^h   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e ONLUS   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^g SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

ⁱ NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer Tomography, Coronary Angiography; Computer Tomography, Multislice; Computer Tomography, Spiral; Computer Tomography, Technology

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 26244448750     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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