Prospectively ECG-triggered high-pitch spiral acquisition for coronary CT angiography using dual source CT: Technique and initial experience

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2576-2583

  Lell, Michael ^a   Marwan, Mohamed ^a   Schepis, Tiziano ^a   Pflederer, Tobias ^a   Anders, Katharina ^a   Flohr, Thomas ^b,c   Allmendinger, Thomas ^b   Kalender, Willi ^a   Ertel, Dirk ^a   Thierfelder, Carsten ^b   Kuettner, Axel ^a   Ropers, Dieter ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary CT angiography; Dual source CT; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; IOPROMIDE; METOPROLOL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RR INTERVAL;

BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350210490     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1558-4     Document Type: Article

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