ECG-edited middiastolic phase reconstruction improves image quality at 64-MDCT coronary angiography of patients with atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1659-1666

  Matsumoto, Hidenari ^a   Kondo, Takeshi ^b   Watanabe, Satoshi ^c   Kikumoto, Rikiya ^a   Shimada, Toshihiko ^a   Hiraoka, Yuji ^a   Ueda, Kinzo ^a  

^a RAKUWAKAI OTOWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Takase Clinic   (Japan)

^c Kusatsu Heart Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary CT angiography; ECG editing; Middiastolic phase reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57149096527     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3944     Document Type: Article

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