Coronary CT angiography

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 797-806

  Hoffmann, Udo ^a,b   Ferencik, Maros ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^a   Pena, Antonio J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Coronary artery stenosis; Coronary CT angiography; Coronary MDCT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BOLUS INJECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CARDIOLOGY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME;

CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745539021     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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