Recent Technologic Advances in Multi-Detector Row Cardiac CT

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 655-664

  Halliburton, Sandra Simon ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Radiation dose; Scan time; Spatial resolution; Temporal resolution; Tissue differentiation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70249110035     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2009.06.007     Document Type: Review

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