State-of-the-art CT imaging techniques for congenital heart disease

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-18

  Goo, Hyun Woo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT) techniques; Congenital heart disease; Multi slice CT

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BODY SIZE; BREATHING; BRONCHOMALACIA; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG PERFUSION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRACHEOMALACIA;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOMALACIA;

EID: 76049129406     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2010.11.1.4     Document Type: Review

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