How image quality can be improved: our experience with multidetector computed tomography coronary angiography

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-17

  Ozturk, Ersin ^a   Kantarci, Mecit ^b   Durur Subasi, Irmak ^b   Bayraktutan, Ummugulsum ^b   Karaman, Adem ^b   Bayram, Ednan ^c   Ogul, Hayri ^b   Ceviz, Naci ^b  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Numune Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Image quality; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CONTRAST MATERIAL PHASE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; STEPLADDER ARTIFACTS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

CALCIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING EXERCISE; CONTRAST MATERIAL PHASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845645141     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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