The effect of heart rhythm on patient radiation dose with dual-source cardiac computed tomography

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 255-263

  Techasith, Tust ^a   Ghoshhajra, Brian B ^a   Truong, Quynh A ^a   Pale, Rodrigo ^b   Nasir, Khurram ^c   Bolen, Michael A ^d   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^a,e   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Blankstein, Ron ^a,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Heart rhythm; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ARTIFACTS; BOSTON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 80055093536     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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