Helical prospective ECG-gating in cardiac computed tomography: Radiation dose and image quality

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-107

  Defrance, Tony ^a,b   Dubois, Eric ^e   Gebow, Dan ^a   Ramirez, Alex ^a   Wolf, Florian ^d   Feuchtner, Gudrun M ^c  

^a CVCTA Education   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary arteries; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IOPAMIDOL; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 73449097759     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-009-9522-6     Document Type: Article

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