Radiation exposure and image quality in staged low-dose protocols for coronary dual-source CT angiography: A randomized comparison

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1197-1206

  Pflederer, Tobias ^a   Jakstat, Josy ^a   Marwan, Mohamed ^a   Schepis, Tiziano ^a   Bachmann, Sven ^a   Kuettner, Axel ^a   Anders, Katharina ^a   Lell, Michael ^a   Muschiol, Gerd ^a   Ropers, Dieter ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary CT angiography; Dual source CT; Low dose approach; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952095446     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1645-6     Document Type: Article

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