Estimation of the radiation exposure of a chest pain protocol with ECG-gating in dual-source computed tomography

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-41

  Ketelsen, Dominik ^a   Luetkhoff, Marie H ^a   Thomas, Christoph ^a   Werner, Matthias ^a   Buchgeister, Markus ^a   Tsiflikas, Ilias ^a   Reimann, Anja ^a   Burgstahler, Christof ^a   Kopp, Andreas F ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Heuschmid, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Dual source computed tomography; Effective dose; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM GATED DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BODY BURDEN; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHEST PAIN; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59249106490     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1109-4     Document Type: Article

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