Prospective Coronary CT Angiography 128-MDCT Versus Retrospective 64-MDCT: Improved Image Quality and Reduced Radiation Dose

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-125

  Duarte, Ricardo ^a   Fernandez, Gabriel ^b   Castellon, Daniel ^b   Costa, João C ^c  

^a Centro Hospitalar Gaia/Espinho   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL POVISA   (Spain)

^c JCC Diagnóstico por Imagem ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

128 MDCT; Prospective Coronary CT Angiography; Reduced radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78651431976     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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