Potential Dose Reduction of Optimal ECG-controlled Tube Current Modulation for 256-Slice CT Coronary Angiography

Academic Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 731-737

  Yang, Ching Ching ^b   Mok, Greta S P ^c   Law, Wei Yip ^d   Hsu, Shih Ming ^e   Wu, Tung Hsin ^a   Chen, Liang Kuang ^d,f  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^d SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronary 256 slice CT; CT coronary angiography; ECG controlled tube current modulation; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 79955632993     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2011.01.028     Document Type: Article

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