Dual-source computed tomography in patients with acute chest pain: Feasibility and image quality

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3179-3188

  Schertler, Thomas ^a   Scheffel, Hans ^a   Frauenfelder, Thomas ^a   Desbiolles, Lotus ^a   Leschka, Sebastian ^a   Stolzmann, Paul ^a   Seifert, Burkhardt ^b   Flohr, Thomas G ^c   Marincek, Borut ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute chest pain; Coronary angiography; Dual source CT

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36348977491     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0724-9     Document Type: Article

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