Estimation of radiation exposure of retrospective gated and prospective triggered 128-slice triple-rule-out CT angiography

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 762-766

  Ketelsen, Dominik ^a   Fenchel, Michael ^a   Thomas, Christoph ^a   Buchgeister, Markus ^a   Boehringer, Nadine ^a   Tsiflikas, Ilias ^a   Kaempf, Michael ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Heuschmid, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

128 Slice coronary computed tomography angiography; Alderson Rando phantom; Chest pain; Effective dose; Triple rule out

Indexed keywords

ALDERSON-RANDO PHANTOM; CHEST PAIN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; EFFECTIVE DOSE; TRIPLE-RULE-OUT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80055067871     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2010.100274     Document Type: Article

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