Design and development of a new pulsating cardiac coronary phantom for ECG-gated CT and its experimental characteristics

Nippon Acta Radiologica

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 224-232

  Shen, Yun ^a   Sato, Munekuni ^b   Kimura, Fumiko ^c   Jinzaki, Masahiro ^d   Horiguchi, Jun ^e   Ito, Katsuhide ^f   Kuribayashi, Sachio ^d  

^a GE Yokogawa Medical Systems Limited

^b Fuyo Corporation   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Coronary; ECG gating; MDCT; Pulsating cardiac phantom

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 26944494607     PISSN: 00480428     EISSN: 13477951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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