Ultrafast imaging of the entire chest without ECG synchronisation or beta-blockade: To what extent can we analyse the coronary arteries?

Insights into Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-79

  de Malherbe, Maxime ^a   Duhamel, Alain ^b   Tacelli, Nunzia ^a   Hachulla, Anne Lise ^a   Pontana, François ^a   Faivre, Jean Baptiste ^a   Remy, Jacques ^a   Remy Jardin, Martine ^a,c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chest CT; Coronary arteries; CT angiography; Dual source CT; Lung diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865620192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18694101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13244-011-0133-0     Document Type: Article

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