Prospectively gated axial CT coronary angiography: Preliminary experiences with a novel low-dose technique

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 829-836

  Klass, Oliver ^a   Jeltsch, Martin ^a   Feuerlein, Sebastian ^a   Brunner, Horst ^a   Nagel, Hans Dieter ^b   Walker, Matthew J ^b   Brambs, Hans Juergen ^a   Hoffmann, Martin H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT coronary angiography (CTCA); Prospectively gated axial technique; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62649158904     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1222-4     Document Type: Article

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