Non-invasive cardiac imaging of morbidly obese patients using the brilliance iCT

MedicaMundi

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-34

  Domachevsky, L ^a   Gaspar, T ^a   Peled, N ^a   Shnapp, M ^a   Halon, D A ^b   Lewis, Carmel B S ^b   Rubinshtein, R ^b   Hazzan, D ^a   Vembar, M ^c   Samoilov, S ^c  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Carmel Lady Davis Medical Center   (Israel)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISRAEL; MORBID OBESITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 77953673261     PISSN: 00257664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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