High-pitch dual-source CT coronary angiography: Systolic data acquisition at high heart rates

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2565-2571

  Goetti, Robert ^a   Feuchtner, Gudrun ^a   Stolzmann, Paul ^a,b   Desbiolles, Lotus ^a   Fischer, Michael Alexander ^a   Karlo, Christoph ^a   Baumueller, Stephan ^a   Scheffel, Hans ^a,b   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a,b   Leschka, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary arteries; Heart rate; High pitch; Radiation dose; Systolic reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIGH PITCH DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RR INTERVAL; SYSTOLIC DATA ACQUISITION; THORACIC AORTA;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SYSTOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957866421     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1838-z     Document Type: Article

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