Prospectively ECG-triggered high-pitch spiral acquisition for cardiac CT angiography in routine clinical practice: Initial results

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 194-201

  Kröpil, Patric ^a   Rojas, Carlos A ^b   Ghoshhajra, Brian ^b   Lanzman, Rotem S ^a   Miese, Falk R ^a   Scherer, Axel ^a   Kalra, Mannudeep ^b   Abbara, Suhny ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac computed tomography; dose; flash; image quality; pitch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PITCH; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 84859944291     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e318228223f     Document Type: Article

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