Prospective and retrospective ECG gating for thoracic CT angiography: A comparative study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 955-963

  Wu, Wenhui ^a   Budovec, Joseph ^b   Foley, W Dennis ^b  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac gating; CT angiography; Emergency radiology; Hemodynamics; Thoracic CT angiography; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATTENUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349675803     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2158     Document Type: Article

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