Iterative reconstruction for coronary CT angiography: Finding its way

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 613-620

  Leipsic, Jonathon ^a,b   Heilbron, Brett G ^a   Hague, Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadiac CT angiography; Iterative reconstruction; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861480127     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9832-3     Document Type: Review

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