Low-dose, Prospective Triggered High-pitch Spiral Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography. Comparison with Retrospective Spiral Technique

Academic Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 554-561

  Srichai, Monvadi B ^a,b   Lim, Ruth P ^a   Donnino, Robert ^b   Mannelli, Lorenzo ^c   Hiralal, Rajesh ^d   Avery, Ryan ^e   Ho, Corey ^a   Babb, James S ^a   Jacobs, Jill E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Fraser Health Region   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Prospective gating; Radiation dose; Retrospective gating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIGH PITCH SPIRAL CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE GATED LOW PITCH SPIRAL TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859001508     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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