Practical strategies for low radiation dose cardiac computed tomography

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-220

  Henzler, Thomas ^a   Hanley, Michael ^a   Arnoldi, Elisabeth ^a,b   Bastarrika, Gorka ^a   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a   Becker, Hans Christoph ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; X RAY TUBE;

HEART; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956036842     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181ec9096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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