Scan length adjustment of CT coronary angiography using the calcium scoring scan: Effect on radiation dose

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Leschka, Sebastian ^a   Kim, Chan Hi ^a   Baumueller, Stephan ^a   Stolzmann, Paul ^a   Scheffel, Hans ^a   Marincek, Borut ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcium scoring; CT coronary angiography; Radiation dose; Scan length; Scout view

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77749339832     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2970     Document Type: Article

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