Coronary artery calcium scoring using a reduced tube voltage and radiation dose protocol with dual-source computed tomography

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 394-400

  Nakazato, Ryo ^a   Dey, Damini ^a,b   Gutstein, Ariel ^c   Le Meunier, Ludovic ^d   Cheng, Victor Y ^a   Pimentel, Raymond ^a   Paz, William ^a   Hayes, Sean W ^a,b   Thomson, Louise E J ^a,b   Friedman, John D ^a,b   Berman, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary calcium; Coronary calcium scoring; Dual source CT; Radiation dose; X ray tube voltage

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCORING SYSTEM; X RAY TUBE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; CALCINOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71949090707     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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