Practical approaches to overcoming artifacts in coronary CT angiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-15

  Lesser, John R ^a   Flygenring, Bjorn J ^a   Knickelbine, Tom ^a   Longe, Terrence ^a   Schwartz, Robert S ^a  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Cardiac CT angiography; CT gating; CT misregistration

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ECTOPIA CORDIS; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; GATED IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59349099194     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.11.006     Document Type: Review

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