Tips to minimize radiation exposure

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 325-327

  Hausleiter, Jörg ^a   Meyer, Tanja ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 54849390800     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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