64-MDCT coronary angiography: Phantom study of effects of vascular attenuation on detection of coronary stenosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-49

  Fei, Xiaolu ^a   Du, Xiangying ^a   Yang, Qi ^a   Shen, Yun ^b   Li, Pengyu ^a   Liao, Jingmin ^b   Li, Kuncheng ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Contrast medium; Coronary CT angiography; Stenosis detection; Vascular attenuation

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46849122235     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2653     Document Type: Article

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