Coronary CT angiography with low radiation dose

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 17-25

  Xu, Lei ^a   Zhang, Zhaoqi ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary CT angiography; Dose reduction; Prospective gating; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AUTOMATIC TUBE CURRENT MODULATION; CANCER RISK; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM CONTROLLED TUBE CURRENT MODULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IONIZING RADIATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM GATING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAN RANGE; TUBE CURRENT; TUBE VOLTAGE;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951132322     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-009-9576-5     Document Type: Review

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