Correlation between image noise and body weight in coronary CTA with 16-row MDCT

Academic Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 324-328

  Yoshimura, Norihiko ^a   Sabir, Adeel ^a   Kubo, Takeshi ^a   Lin, Pei Jan Paul ^a   Clouse, Melvin E ^a   Hatabu, Hiroto ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Coronary CT; Image noise; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32644462782     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2005.11.036     Document Type: Article

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