Low-dose prospective ECG-triggering dual-source CT angiography in infants and children with complex congenital heart disease: First experience

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2503-2511

  Cheng, Zhaoping ^a   Wang, Ximing ^a   Duan, Yanhua ^a   Wu, Lebin ^a   Wu, Dawei ^a   Chao, Baoting ^a   Liu, Cheng ^a   Xu, Zhuodong ^a   Li, Hongxin ^b   Liang, Fei ^b   Xu, Jian ^c   Chen, Jiuhong ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SIEMENS LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Dual source CT angiography; Prospective ECG triggering; Radiation exposure; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957867019     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1822-7     Document Type: Article

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