Patient-specific predictors of image noise in coronary CT angiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-45

  Schuhbaeck, Annika ^a,b   Schaefer, Marcella ^b   Marwan, Mohamed ^b   Gauss, Soeren ^b   Muschiol, Gerd ^b   Lell, Michael ^b   Pflederer, Tobias ^b   Ropers, Dieter ^b   Rixe, Johannes ^a   Hamm, Christian ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary CT angiography; Dual source CT; Image noise; Tube voltage

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE NOISE; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX;

BODY SIZE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84875381235     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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