Image quality and artifacts in coronary CT angiography with dual-source CT: Initial clinical experience

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-114

  Dey, Damini ^a,b   Lee, Cynthia J ^c   Ohba, Muneo ^a   Gutstein, Ariel ^a   Slomka, Piotr J ^a,b   Cheng, Victor ^a   Suzuki, Yasuyuki ^a   Suzuki, Shoji ^a   Wolak, Arik ^a   Le Meunier, Ludovic ^d   Thomson, Louise E J ^a,b   Cohen, Ishac ^a   Friedman, John D ^a,b   Germano, Guido ^a,b   Berman, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Capitol Hearts Associates PC   (United States)

^d SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Calcified plaque; Coronary CTA, computed tomography angiography; Dual source CT

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION BEAM; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; CALIFORNIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40849092923     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2007.12.017     Document Type: Article

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