Effect of padding duration on radiation dose and image interpretation in prospectively ECG-Triggered coronary CT angiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 933-937

  LaBounty, Troy M ^a   Leipsic, Jonathon ^b   Min, James K ^a   Heilbron, Brett ^b   John Mancini, G B ^b   Lin, Fay Y ^a   Earls, James P ^c  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Fairfax Radiological Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; CT; Radiation dose tomograph

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IODIXANOL; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 77950618805     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3371     Document Type: Article

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