What are the basic concepts of temporal, contrast, and spatial resolution in cardiac CT?

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 403-408

  Lin, Eugene ^a   Alessio, Adam ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC USE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TIME;

CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71849097494     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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