Image quality in a low radiation exposure protocol for retrospectively ECG-gated coronary CT angiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1045-1050

  Pflederer, Tobias ^a   Rudofsky, Larissa ^a   Ropers, Dieter ^a   Bachmann, Sven ^a   Marwan, Mohamed ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary ct angiography; Image quality; Radiation dose; Tube voltage

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63849123042     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1025     Document Type: Article

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