Multislice CT angiography in cardiac imaging: Prospective ECG-gating or retrospective ECG-gating?

Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sun, Zhonghua ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Diagnostic accuracy; Electrocardiography gating; Multislice computed tomography; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77749246484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18235530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2349/biij.6.1.e4     Document Type: Review

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