Image Quality and Radiation Exposure with a Low Tube Voltage Protocol for Coronary CT Angiography: Results of the PROTECTION II Trial

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1113-1123

  Hausleiter, Jrg ^a   Martinoff, Stefan ^a   Hadamitzky, Martin ^a   Martuscelli, Eugenio ^b   Pschierer, Iris ^c   Feuchtner, Gudrun M ^d   Cataln Sanz, Paz ^e,f   Czermak, Benedikt ^d   Meyer, Tanja S ^a   Hein, Franziska ^a   Bischoff, Bernhard ^a   Kuse, Miriam ^a   Schmig, Albert ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^g  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Krankenhaus Landshut Achdorf   (Germany)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e Centro Medico de Asturias   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abbreviations and Acronyms; BMI; body mass index; computed tomography angiography; CTA; CTDIvol; DLP; dose length product; volume computed tomography dose index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78249261294     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.08.016     Document Type: Article

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