Lowering radiation dose for integrated assessment of coronary morphology and physiology: First experience with step-and-shoot CT angiography in a rubidium 82 PET-CT protocol

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 783-790

  Javadi, Mehrbod ^a   Mahesh, Mahadevappa ^a   McBride, Gerald ^a   Voicu, Corina ^a   Epley, William ^a   Merrill, Jennifer ^a   Bengel, Frank M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography coronary angiography; Positron emission tomography computed tomography; radiation dose; rubidium 82

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; RUBIDIUM 82;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; DOSIMETRY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 54449086666     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03007359     Document Type: Article

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