Coronary CT angiography using prospective ECG triggering: High diagnostic accuracy with low radiation dose;CT-Angiographie der Koronarien mit prospektivem EKG-Triggering: Hohe diagnostische Genauigkeit bei niedriger Strahlendosis

Radiologe

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 500-506

  Arnoldi, E ^a,b   Ramos Duran, L ^a   Abro, J A ^a   Zwerner, P L ^a   Nikolaou, K ^b   Reiser, M F ^b   Costello, P ^a   Schoepf, U J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery stenoses; Coronary CT angiography (coronary CTA); Diagnostic accuracy; Prospective ECG triggering; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954460102     PISSN: 0033832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00117-010-1985-x     Document Type: Article

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