Dose levels at coronary CT angiography-a comparison of Dual Energy-, Dual Source- and 16-slice CT

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 530-537

  Kerl, J Matthias ^a,b   Bauer, Ralf W ^a,b   Maurer, Tobias B ^a,b   Aschenbach, Rene ^a,b   Korkusuz, Huedayi ^a,b   Lehnert, Thomas ^a,b   Deseive, Simon ^a,b   Ackermann, Hanns ^a,b   Vogl, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM ERFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Computed tomography; Coronary CT angiography; Dual energy CT; Dual source CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; BODY BURDEN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79751504495     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1954-9     Document Type: Article

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