Optimal systolic and diastolic image reconstruction windows for coronary 256-slice CT angiography

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1386-1393

  Mok, Greta S P ^a,b,c   Yang, Ching Ching ^d   Chen, Liang Kuang ^e,f   Lu, Kun Mu ^e   Law, Wei Yip ^e   Wu, Tung Hsin ^g  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

256 slice CT; Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Motion artifacts; Reconstruction interval

Indexed keywords

IOVERSOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RR INTERVAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLE;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77957690425     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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