SCCT guidelines on radiation dose and dose-optimization strategies in cardiovascular CT

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 198-224

  Hausleiter, Jörg ^a   Halliburton, Sandra S ^b   Abbara, Suhny ^c   Chen, Marcus Y ^d   Gentry, Ralph ^e   Mahesh, Mahadevappa ^f   Raff, Gilbert L ^e   Shaw, Leslee J ^g  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Cardiac gated imaging techniques; Coronary angiography; Coronary calcium scanning; Practice guideline; Radiation dosage; Radiation monitoring; Radiation protection; Tomography, x ray computed

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 80055098779     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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