Comparison of Image Quality and Radiation Dose of Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography Between Conventional Helical Scanning and a Strategy Incorporating Sequential Scanning

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1343-1350

  Einstein, Andrew J ^a   Wolff, Steven D ^a,b   Manheimer, Eric D ^a   Thompson, James ^b   Terry, Sylvia ^b   Uretsky, Seth ^b,c   Pilip, Adalbert ^b   Peters, M Robert ^a,b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 71749092079     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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