Radiation dose estimates in dual-source computed tomography coronary angiography

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 592-599

  Stolzmann, Paul ^a   Scheffel, Hans ^a   Schertler, Thomas ^a   Frauenfelder, Thomas ^a   Leschka, Sebastian ^a   Husmann, Lars ^a   Flohr, Thomas G ^b   Marincek, Borut ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^c   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c Cardiovascular Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Dual source computed tomography; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39049158286     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0786-8     Document Type: Article

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