Very low-dose coronary artery calcium scanning with high-pitch spiral acquisition mode: Comparison between 120-kV and 100-kV tube voltage protocols

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-38

  Marwan, Mohamed ^a   Mettin, Carina ^a   Pflederer, Tobias ^a   Seltmann, Martin ^a   Schuhbäck, Annika ^a   Muschiol, Gerd ^a   Ropers, Dieter ^a   Daniel, Werner G ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium score; CT; Low dose protocols

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLAND ALTMAN ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TUBE VOLTAGE;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 84875381423     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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