Prospectively gated axial CT coronary angiography: Comparison of image quality and effective radiation dose between 64- and 256-slice CT

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1124-1131

  Klass, Oliver ^a   Walker, Matthew ^b   Siebach, Anne ^a   Stuber, Tina ^a   Feuerlein, Sebastian ^a   Juchems, Markus ^a   Hoffmann, Martin H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT coronary angiography (CTCA); Prospectively gated axial imaging technique; Radiation exposure; Step and shoot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949763548     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1652-7     Document Type: Article

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