Pushing the envelope: New computed tomography techniques for cardiothoracic imaging

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-111

  Flohr, Thomas G ^a,b   Klotz, Ernst ^a   Allmendinger, Thomas ^a   Raupach, Rainer ^a   Bruder, Herbert ^a   Schmidt, Bernhard ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac computed tomography; Cardiothoracic computed tomography; Computed tomography; Computed tomography perfusion; Dual source computed tomography; Multidetector row computed tomography; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACIC DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952355327     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181d7e898     Document Type: Conference Paper

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