Evaluation of a reduced dose protocol for respiratory gated lung computed tomography in an animal model

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 230-234

  Elgeti, Thomas ^a   Proquitté, Hans ^a   Rogalla, Noga E ^a   Mews, Jürgen ^b   Hamm, Bernd ^a   Schmalisch, Gerd ^a   Rogalla, Patrik ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal experiment; Chest CT; FRC; Respiratory gating

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING PATTERN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33947159707     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000255817.54192.eb     Document Type: Article

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