Feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of a low radiation exposure protocol for prospective ECG-triggering coronary MDCT angiography

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-215

  Pontone, G ^a   Andreini, D ^a   Bartorelli, A L ^a,b   Bertella, E ^a   Mushtaq, S ^a   Foti, C ^a   Formenti, A ^a   Chiappa, L ^a   Annoni, A ^a   Cortinovis, S ^a   Baggiano, A ^a   Conte, E ^a   Bovis, F ^a   Veglia, F ^a   Ballerini, G ^a   Agostoni, P ^a,b   Fiorentini, C ^a,b   Pepi, M ^a  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE STATISTICAL ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EFFECTIVE RADIATION DOSE; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGED; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858397204     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.07.042     Document Type: Article

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