Step-and-shoot prospectively ECG-gated versus retrospectively ECG-gated with tube current modulation coronary CT angiography using the 128-slice MDCT: Comparison of image quality and radiation dose

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-160

  Jeong, Dong Wook ^a   Choo, Ki Seok ^a   Baik, Seung Kug ^a   Kim, Yong Woo ^a   Jeon, Ung Bae ^a   Kim, Jeong Soo ^a   Lim, Soo Jin ^b  

^a Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Department of Cardiology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiac; CT angiography; Heart

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIAC; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY SEGMENTS; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSE-LENGTH PRODUCTS; HEART RATES; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; MULTIDETECTOR CT; PATIENT RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; SCAN TECHNIQUES; STEP-AND-SHOOT; SUBJECTIVE IMAGE QUALITY; TUBE CURRENTS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEART; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NUTRITION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOHEXOL; IOPROMIDE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79958846838     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2010.100290     Document Type: Article

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