Cardiovascular imaging with computed tomography: Responsible steps to balancing diagnostic yield and radiation exposure

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 536-540

  Halliburton, Sandra S ^a   Schoenhagen, Paul ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac; computed tomography; coronary; radiation dose

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956036043     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.03.004     Document Type: Review

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