Radiation dose from coronary CT angiography: Five years of progress

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 365-374

  Raff, Gilbert L ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Coronary artery dose reduction; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 78650993428     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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