Impact of heart rate and rhythm on radiation exposure in prospectively ECG triggered computed tomography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2221-2230

  Luecke, Christian ^a   Andres, Claudia ^a   Foldyna, Borek ^a   Nagel, Hans Dieter ^b   Hoffmann, Janine ^a   Grothoff, Matthias ^a   Nitzsche, Stefan ^a   Gutberlet, Matthias ^a   Lehmkuhl, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Wissenschaft and Technik für Die Radiologie ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; CT; ECG; Prospective; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PACEMAKER; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RR INTERVAL; SIMULATOR; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BODY BURDEN; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864696763     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.09.019     Document Type: Article

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