Effect of bismuth breast shielding on radiation dose and image quality in coronary CT angiography

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-108

  Einstein, Andrew J ^a   Elliston, Carl D ^a   Groves, Daniel W ^a   Cheng, Bin ^a   Wolff, Steven D ^a,b   Pearson, Gregory D N ^a   Peters, M Robert ^a,b   Johnson, Lynne L ^a   Bokhari, Sabahat ^a   Johnson, Gary W ^a   Bhatia, Ketan ^a   Pozniakoff, Theodore ^a   Brenner, David J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

Bismuth shielding; Breast shielding; Coronary CT angiography; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BISMUTH BREAST SHIELDING; BREAST; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ESOPHAGUS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; HEART; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SHIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BISMUTH;

BISMUTH; BREAST; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861484560     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9473-x     Document Type: Article

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