Low dose 320-row CT for left atrium and pulmonary veins imaging - The feasibility study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1549-1554

  Yang, Lin ^a   Xu, Lei ^a   Yan, Zixu ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Fan, Zhanming ^a   Lv, Biao ^a   Zhang, Zhaoqi ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Radiation dose; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861611225     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.02.032     Document Type: Article

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