320-row CT coronary angiography: Effect of 100-kV tube voltages on image quality, contrast volume, and radiation dose

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1059-1068

  Zhang, Chuanchen ^a   Zhang, Zhaoqi ^a   Yan, Zixu ^a   Xu, Lei ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Wang, Rui ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

320 Row computed tomography; Contrast material; Coronary angiography; Coronary vessels; Radiation dosage

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80054966383     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9754-5     Document Type: Article

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