Cardiac imaging using multislice computed tomography scanners: Technical considerations

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-123

  Vembar, Mani ^a   Walker, Matthew J ^a   Johnson, Peter C ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac gating; Computed tomography; Cone beam reconstructions; Coronary artery disease; Multislice computed tomography; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33748576898     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200603000-00004     Document Type: Review

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