Feasibility of dual-source cardiac CT angiography with high-pitch scan protocols

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 236-242

  Hausleiter, Jörg ^a   Bischoff, Bernhard ^a   Hein, Franziska ^a   Meyer, Tanja ^a   Hadamitzky, Martin ^a   Thierfelder, Carsten ^b   Allmendinger, Thomas ^b   Flohr, Thomas G ^b   Schömig, Albert ^a   Martinoff, Stefan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Siemens Healthcare ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Dual source CT; High pitch; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649399882     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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