Iterative reconstruction of dual-source coronary CT angiography: Assessment of image quality and radiation dose

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1775-1786

  Park, Eun Ah ^a,b   Lee, Whal ^a,b   Kim, Kwang Woo ^a,b   Kim, Kwang Gi ^c   Thomas, Allmendinger ^d   Chung, Jin Wook ^a,b   Park, Jae Hyung ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Coronary angiography; Dual source CT; Iterative reconstruction; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION IN IMAGE SPACE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84870459922     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-0004-2     Document Type: Article

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