Low kVp imaging for dose reduction in dual-source cardiac CT

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 165-175

  Luaces, María ^a   Akers, Scott ^b,c   Litt, Harold ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Dual sourceCT; Patient size; Radiation dose reduction

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DOSE INDEX VOLUME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST NOISE RATIO; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GATED IMAGING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 67849094250     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-009-9449-y     Document Type: Article

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