Coronary CTA: Image acquisition and interpretation

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-34

  Kerl, Josef Matthias ^a,c   Hofmann, Lars K ^d   Thilo, Christian ^a,b   Vogl, Thomas J ^c   Costello, Philip ^a   Joseph Schoepf, U ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary CTA; Multidetector row CT

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BYPASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RADIATION PROTECTION; VASCULAR ACCESS; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247124216     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e318031affe     Document Type: Conference Paper

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