Dual-source CT coronary angiography in patients with atrial fibrillation: Comparison with single-source CT

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 434-441

  Wang, Yining ^a   Zhang, Zhuhua ^a   Kong, Lingyan ^a   Song, Lan ^a   Merges, Reto D ^b   Chen, Jiuhong ^b   Jin, Zhengyu ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SIEMENS LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary angiography; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASES; DETECTOR ARRAYS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAMETER REDUCTIONS; HEART RATES; HIGH TEMPORALS; RAW DATUMS; ROTATION TIMES; SIEMENS; SINGLE SOURCES; SYSTEM USING; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; VESSEL SEGMENTS; X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESTORATION; TIME MEASUREMENT; TOMOGRAPHY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

POPULATION STATISTICS;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

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

EID: 56349113761     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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