Adequate image quality with reduced radiation dose in prospectively triggered coronary CTA compared with retrospective techniques

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2147-2155

  Arnoldi, Elisabeth ^a   Johnson, Thorsten R ^a   Rist, Carsten ^a   Wintersperger, Bernd J ^a   Sommer, Wieland H ^a   Becker, Alexander ^a   Becker, Christoph R ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Image quality; Prospective triggering; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE TRIGGERING TECHNIQUE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVELY GATED TECHNIQUE; ST SEGMENT;

BODY BURDEN; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68449090034     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1411-9     Document Type: Article

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