Different reconstruction intervals for exclusion of coronary artery calcifications by retrospectively gated MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 193-197

  Sandstede, Joern J W ^a,b   Stoffels, Julia ^a   Wendel, Frank ^a   Ritter, Christian ^a   Beer, Meinrad ^a   Hahn, Dietbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Roentgenzentrum Schaeferkampsallee/Hamburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium score; Coronary artery disease; Heart; MDCT; R R interval

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; HYDROXYAPATITE; IOPROMIDE; METOPROLOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RR INTERVAL; SCORING SYSTEM; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CALCINOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644842027     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.0793     Document Type: Article

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