Prospectively ECG Gated CT pulmonary angiography versus helical ungated CT pulmonary angiography: Impact on cardiac related motion artifacts and patient radiation dose

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2444-2449

  Shuman, William P ^a   Leipsic, Jonathon A ^b   Busey, Janet M ^a   Green, Douglas E ^a   Pipavath, Sudhakar N ^a   Hague, Cameron J ^b   Koprowicz, Kent M ^a  

^a Box 357115 ^*  (United States)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac motion artifacts; CT; CT pulmonary angiography; ECG gating; Pulmonary arteries CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY GATED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HELICAL UNGATED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE;

ARTIFACTS; BODY BURDEN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856589880     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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