Coronary imaging quality in routine ECG-gated multidetector CT examinations of the entire thorax: Preliminary experience with a 64-slice CT system in 133 patients

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 902-910

  Delhaye, Damien ^a   Remy Jardin, Martine ^a   Salem, Randa ^a   Teisseire, Antoine ^a   Khalil, Chadi ^a   Delannoy Deken, Valérie ^b   Duhamel, Alain ^b   Remy, Jacques ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Coronary artery; CT angiography; ECG gated examinations; Multidetector CT

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SINUS RHYTHM; THORAX; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248657548     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0403-2     Document Type: Article

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