Lung Image Quality with 320-row Wide-volume CT Scans: The Effect of Prospective ECG-gating and Comparisons with 64-row Helical CT Scans

Academic Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 380-388

  Yamashiro, Tsuneo ^a   Miyara, Tetsuhiro ^a   Takahashi, Masashi ^b   Kikuyama, Ayano ^c   Kamiya, Hisashi ^a   Koyama, Hisanobu ^d   Ohno, Yoshiharu ^d   Moriya, Hiroshi ^e   Matsuki, Mitsuru ^f   Tanaka, Yuko ^a   Noma, Satoshi ^g   Murayama, Sadayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e SENDAI KOUSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^g TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest; Computed tomography; Electrocardiogram gating; Helical scan; Wide volume scan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LUNG; LUNG LOBE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; ROW WIDE VOLUME COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THICKNESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858798277     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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