Dose modulated retrospective ECG-gated versus non-gated 64-row CT angiography of the aorta at the same radiation dose: Comparison of motion artifacts, diagnostic confidence and signal-to-noise-ratios

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Schernthaner, Ruediger E ^a   Stadler, Alfred ^a   Beitzke, Dietrich ^a   Homolka, Peter ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Lammer, Johannes ^a   Czerny, Martin ^a   Loewe, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Computed tomography angiography; Dissection; Electrocardiography; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCENDING AORTA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; BODY BURDEN; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80755189736     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.06.053     Document Type: Article

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