Assessment of image quality of 64-row Dual Source versus Single Source CT coronary angiography on heart rate: A phantom study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-68

  Dikkers, R ^a   Greuter, M J W ^a   Kristanto, W ^a   van Ooijen, P M A ^a   Sijens, P E ^a   Willems, T P ^a   Oudkerk, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

64 Row Single Source CT; Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Dual Source CT; Image quality

Indexed keywords

64-ROW SINGLE SOURCE CT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIES; DUAL SOURCE CT; HEART RATES; HIGH IMAGE QUALITIES; LOW RADIATIONS; MULTI-PLANAR RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOM STUDIES; RENDERED IMAGES; SIGNED RANKS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TOMOGRAPHIC;

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; QUALITY CONTROL; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY; HEART MUSCLE TENSION; HEART RATE; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63649160898     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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