Evolution of coronary computed tomography radiation dose reduction at a tertiary referral center

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 764-772

  Ghoshhajra, Brian Burns ^a   Engel, Leif Christopher ^a   Major, Gyöngyi Petra ^a   Goehler, Alexander ^a   Techasith, Tust ^a   Verdini, Daniel ^a   Do, Synho ^a   Liu, Bob ^a   Li, Xinhua ^a   Sala, Michiel ^a   Kim, Mi Sung ^a   Blankstein, Ron ^b   Prakash, Priyanka ^a   Sidhu, Manavjot S ^a   Corsini, Erin ^a   Banerji, Dahlia ^a   Wu, David ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Truong, Quynh ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Kalra, Manudeep ^a   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Dose savings methods; Radiation dose; Scan protocols

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864281858     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.10.036     Document Type: Article

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