How to use a prospective gated technique for cardiac CT

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-51

  Earls, James P ^a  

^a Fairfax Radiological Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Computed tomography (CT); Coronary; CT angiography; Prospective triggering

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; METOPROLOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GATED IMAGING; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59249094199     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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