Left ventricular function can reliably be assessed from dual-source ct using ecg-gated tube current modulation

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 384-389

  Mahnken, Andreas H ^a,c   Bruners, Philipp ^a   Schmidt, Bernhard ^b   Bornikoel, Christoph ^a   Flohr, Thomas ^b   Günther, Rolf W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal study; CT; DSCT; Function; Heart

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SWINE;

EID: 67651043782     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181a4d874     Document Type: Article

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