Computed tomography angiography in children with cardiovascular disease: Low dose techniques and image quality

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-170

  Greenberg, S Bruce ^a   Bhutta, Sadaf ^a   Braswell, Leah ^a   Chan, Frandics ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cardiovascular disease; Computed tomography; Congenital heart disease; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE;

CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861229375     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9782-1     Document Type: Article

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