Abolition of Respiratory-Motion Artifact in Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography with Ultrafast Examinations: A Comparison Between 64-row and 320-row Multidetector Scanners

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-12

  Torres, Felipe S ^a   Crean, Andrew M ^a   Nguyen, Elsie T ^a   Menezes, Ravi ^b,c   Doyle, Deirdre ^a   Ayyappan, Anoop P ^a   Abadi, Sobhi ^a   Paul, Narinder ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CT and MRI Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Cardiac imaging; Computed tomography; Coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BIOMETRY; BREATHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73549125234     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 08465371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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