High-pitch spiral acquisition: A new scan mode for coronary CT angiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-121

  Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Marwan, Mohamed ^a   Schepis, Tiziano ^a   Pflederer, Tobias ^a   Bruder, Herbert ^a   Allmendinger, Thomas ^a   Petersilka, Martin ^a   Anders, Katharina ^b   Lell, Michael ^b   Kuettner, Axel ^b   Ropers, Dieter ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a   Flohr, Thomas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary CT angiography; Dual source CT; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IODINE; IOPROMIDE;

ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 63449097524     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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