Systolic acquisition of coronary dual-source computed tomography angiography: Feasibility in an unselected patient population

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1331-1336

  Bamberg, Fabian ^a   Sommer, Wieland H ^a   Schenzle, Jan C ^a   Becker, Christoph R ^a   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Johnson, Thorsten R C ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Dose reduction; Dual source CT; Image quality; Systolic reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLE;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952098600     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1680-3     Document Type: Article

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