Reduction of radiation exposure and improvement of image quality with BMI-adapted prospective cardiac computed tomography and iterative reconstruction

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3568-3576

  Hosch, Waldemar ^a   Stiller, Wolfram ^a   Mueller, Dirk ^b   Gitsioudis, Gitsios ^a   Welzel, Johanna ^a   Dadrich, Monika ^a   Buss, Sebastian J ^a   Giannitsis, Evangelos ^a   Kauczor, Hans U ^a   Katus, Hugo A ^a   Korosoglou, Grigorios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

256 Slice computed tomography angiography; Image quality; Iterative reconstruction; Prospective ECG triggering; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84867022029     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.06.055     Document Type: Article

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