Quality of coronary arterial 320-slice computed tomography images compared with 16-slice computed tomography images in subjects with chronic atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Uehara, Masae ^a   Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Takaoka, Hiroyuki ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16 slice computed tomography; 320 slice computed tomography; Chronic atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery; Quality

Indexed keywords

16 SLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; 320 SLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 79957520369     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.09.096     Document Type: Article

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