Radiation reduction with prospective ECG-triggering acquisition using 64-multidetector computed tomographic angiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-416

  Gopal, Ambarish ^a,b   Mao, Song S ^a,b   Karlsberg, Daniel ^a,b   Young, Emily ^a,b   Waggoner, Joshua ^a,b   Ahmadi, Naser ^a,b   Pal, Raveen S ^a,b   Leal, John ^a,b   Karlsberg, Ronald P ^a,b   Budoff, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cardiovascular Consultants Medical Group INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomographic angiography; CT angiography; CTA; MDCT; Millisievert; MSCT; Multidetector computed tomography; Multislice computed tomography; Noninvasive angiography; Prospective ECG triggering; Radiation exposure; Radiation reduction

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 63449096452     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9396-z     Document Type: Article

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