Image quality and radiation exposure in pediatric cardiovascular CT angiography from different injection sites

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Yang, Ming ^a   Mo, Xu Ming ^b   Jin, Ji Yang ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   Wu, Min ^a   Teng, Gao Jun ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; CT angiography; CT image quality; CT radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; INJECTION SITE; LEG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARM; CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IOHEXOL; LEG; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 79251499259     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4360     Document Type: Article

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