First performance evaluation of a dual-source CT (DSCT) system

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 256-268

  Flohr, Thomas G ^a,b   McCollough, Cynthia H ^c   Bruder, Herbert ^a   Petersilka, Martin ^a   Gruber, Klaus ^a   Süß, Christoph ^a   Grasruck, Michael ^a   Stierstorfer, Karl ^a   Krauss, Bernhard ^a   Raupach, Rainer ^a   Primak, Andrew N ^c   Küttner, Axel ^d   Achenbach, Stefan ^d   Becker, Christoph ^e   Kopp, Andreas ^b   Ohnesorge, Bernd M ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Computed tomography; CT technology; Dual source CT; Multidetector row CT

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOMETRY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 31444454089     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2919-2     Document Type: Article

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