Image quality on dual-source computed-tomographic coronary angiography

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1857-1862

  Rixe, Johannes ^a   Rolf, Andreas ^a   Conradi, Guido ^a   Elsaesser, Albrecht ^a   Moellmann, Helge ^a   Nef, Holger M ^a   Bachmann, Georg ^a   Hamm, Christian W ^a   Dill, Thorsten ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Dual source CT; Heart rate; Image quality

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL; IOPAMIDOL; METOPROLOL; NEBIVOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; SCINTIANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49049087708     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-0947-4     Document Type: Article

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