Radiation dose reduction by using 100-kV tube voltage in cardiac 64-slice computed tomography: A comparative study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Feuchtner, Gudrun M ^a   Jodocy, Daniel ^a   Klauser, Andrea ^a   Haberfellner, Bernhard ^a   Aglan, Iman ^a   Spoeck, Alexander ^a   Hiehs, Stefan ^a   Soegner, Peter ^a   Jaschke, Werner ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

64 Slice computed tomography (CT); Coronary angiography; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SCORE; CARDIAC-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY SEGMENTS; CORONARY CALCIUM; DOSE REDUCTION; HIGH IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE NOISE; INTRALUMINAL; QUANTITATIVE IMAGES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTIONS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; TUBE CURRENTS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; CALCIUM; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; HEART; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BODY BURDEN; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953872454     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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