Non-invasive CT coronary angiography: Can high diagnostic image quality be achieved with less radiation exposure?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 2955-2956

  Schmermund, Axel ^a   Nowak, Bernd ^a   Voigtländer, Thomas ^a  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CANCER RISK; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58049202904     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn518     Document Type: Editorial

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