Visualization of neonatal coronary arteries on multidetector row CT: ECG-gated versus non-ECG-gated technique

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 818-825

  Tsai, I Chen ^a,b,c   Lee, Tain ^a,b,c   Chen, Min Chi ^a   Fu, Yun Ching ^a,c   Jan, Sheng Lin ^a,b   Wang, Chung Chi ^a   Chang, Yen ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries; Multidetector CT; Neonates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RR INTERVAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; STUDENT T TEST;

CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547108344     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0512-3     Document Type: Article

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