Optimal image reconstruction phase at low and high heart rates in dual-source CT coronary angiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 837-845

  Araoz, Philip A ^a   Kirsch, Jacobo ^a   Primak, Andrew N ^a   Braun, Natalie N ^a   Saba, Osama ^b   Williamson, Eric E ^a   Harmsen, W Scott ^a   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT coronary angiography, artifact; Dual source CT; ECG gating; Image quality; Motion artifact; Radiographic image enhancement; Reproducibility of results; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; ST SEGMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 72349098678     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-009-9489-3     Document Type: Article

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