Integrated cardio-thoracic imaging with ECG-Gated 64-slice multidetector-row CT: Initial findings in 133 patients

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1973-1981

  Salem, Randa ^a   Remy Jardin, Martine ^a   Delhaye, Damien ^a   Khalil, Chadi ^a   Teisseire, Antoine ^a   Delannoy Deken, Valérie ^b   Duhamel, Alain ^b   Remy, Jacques ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; CT angiography; ECG gated examinations; Lung diseases; Pulmonary arteries

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RR INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746927080     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0157-x     Document Type: Article

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