Prospectively versus retrospectively ECG-gated 256-slice coronary CT angiography: Image quality and radiation dose over expanded heart rates

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-162

  Hou, Yang ^a   Yue, Yong ^a   Guo, Wenli ^a   Feng, Guoqiang ^a   Yu, Tao ^a   Li, Guangwei ^a   Vembar, Mani ^b   Olszewski, Mark E ^b   Guo, Qiyong ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary CT angiography; Image quality; Prospective gating; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVELY GATED TRANSAXIAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVELY GATED HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 84861232279     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9760-7     Document Type: Article

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