Three-dimensional cardiac rotational angiography: Effective radiation dose and image quality implications

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-201

  Wielandts, Jean Yves ^a   De Buck, Stijn ^a   Ector, Joris ^a   LaGerche, André ^a   Willems, Rik ^a   Bosmans, Hilde ^a   Heidbuchel, Hein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ablation; Angiography; Computed tomography; Heart; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; IOMEPROL; IOMERON 350; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BODY MASS; BOLUS INJECTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BODY MASS INDEX; CATHETER ABLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 76749083081     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup394     Document Type: Article

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