Noninvasive imaging of the coronary arteries using a 64-row multidetector CT scanner: Initial clinical experience and radiation dose concerns;Imaging non invasivo delle arterie coronarie con TC spirale a 64 strati: Esperienza clinica iniziale e considerazioni dosimetriche

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-46

  Francone, M ^a   Napoli, A ^a   Carbone, I ^a   Cavacece, M ^a   Nardis, P G ^a   Lanciotti, K ^a   Visconti, S ^a   Bertoletti, L ^a   Di Castro, E ^a   Catalano, C ^a   Passariello, R ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries; Coronary artery disease; CT radiation dose; Multidetector CT; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RR INTERVAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33847645371     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-007-0118-8     Document Type: Article

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