First experience with monochromatic coronary computed tomography angiography from a 64-slice CT scanner with Gemstone Spectral Imaging (GSI)

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-31

  Fuchs, Tobias A ^a   Stehli, Julia ^a   Fiechter, Michael ^a,b   Dougoud, Svetlana ^a   Gebhard, Cathérine ^a   Ghadri, Jelena R ^a   Husmann, Lars ^a   Gaemperli, Oliver ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction; Coronary computed tomography; Dual energy computed tomography; Gemstone spectral imaging; High definition CT

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; METOPROLOL TARTRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

COLOR; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84875339411     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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