Effects of heart rate, filling and slice thickness on the accuracy of left ventricular volume measurements in a dynamic cardiac phantom using ECG-gated MDCT

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 967, 2008, Pages 577-582

  Dogan H ^a   Veldkamp, W J H ^a   Dibbets Schneider, P ^a   Spijkerboer, A M ^b   Mertens, B J A ^a   Kroft, L J M ^a   De Roos, A ^a   Geleijns, J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CARDIAC VOLUME; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SYSTOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46349094301     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/92798700     Document Type: Article

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