Coronary artery imaging in patients with sinus tachycardia using dual-source CT: Optimal reconstruction phase and the effect of heart rate and heart rate variability on image quality

Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1311-1314

  Chai, Xue ^a   Zhang, Long Jiang ^a   Zhou, Chang Sheng ^a   Zhao, Yan E ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Lu, Guang Ming ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary artery; Tachycardia; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RR INTERVAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLE;

EID: 56349123325     PISSN: 10033289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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