Influence of image acquisition settings on radiation dose and image quality in coronary angiography by 320-detector volume computed tomography: The CORE320 pilot experience

Heart International

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 51-56

  Yoneyama, Kihei ^a   Vavere, Andrea L ^a   Cerci, Rodrigo ^a   Ahmed, Rukhsar ^a   Arai, Andrew E ^a   Niinuma, Hiroyuki ^b   Rybicki, Frank J ^c,d   Rochitte, Carlos E ^e   Clouse, Melvin E ^f   George, Richard T ^g   Lima, Joao A C ^a   Arbab Zadeh, Armin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

320 DETECTOR VOLUME COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGATSTON CALCIUM SCORE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOSE LENGTH PRODUCT; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE NOISE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863186313     PISSN: 18261868     EISSN: 20362579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/hi.2012.e11     Document Type: Article

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