Computed tomography of the lung in the high-pitch mode: Is breath holding still required?

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 240-245

  Baumueller, Stephan ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a,b   Stolzmann, Paul ^a,b   Frauenfelder, Thomas ^a   Goetti, Robert ^a   Schertler, Thomas ^a   Plass, Andre ^c   Falk, Volkmar ^c   Feuchtner, Gudrun ^a   Scheffel, Hans ^a,b   Desbiolles, Lotus ^a   Leschka, Sebastian ^d  

^a University Hospital Zurich Institut fur Diagnostische Radiologie   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

breathing; computed tomography scanner; lung

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PITCH MODE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY GATED IMAGING; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 79952440432     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181feee1a     Document Type: Article

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