Multislice CT angiography in cardiac imaging. part III: Radiation risk and dose reduction

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 374-380

  Sun, Z ^a   Ng, K H ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coronary artery disease; Multislice CT; Radiation dose; Risk

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CANCER RISK; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STANDARDIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PATIENT CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79951472897     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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