Optimal systolic and diastolic reconstruction windows for coronary CT angiography using dual-source CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1317-1323

  Seifarth, Harald ^a   Wienbeck, Susanne ^a   Püsken, Michael ^a   Juergens, Kai Uwe ^a   Maintz, David ^a   Vahlhaus, Christian ^a   Heindel, Walter ^a   Fischbach, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries; Coronary artery stenosis; CT angiography; Dual source CT; Heart disease; Motion artifacts

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IOPROMIDE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLE;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 36448991889     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2711     Document Type: Article

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