Body mass index-adapted prospective coronary computed tomography angiography. Determining the lowest limit for diagnostic purposes

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hosch, Waldemar ^a   Hofmann, Nina P ^a   Mueller, Dirk ^b   Iwan, Johannes ^a   Gitsioudis, Gitsios ^a   Siebert, Stefan ^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; Prospective ECG triggering; Radiation exposure; Ultra low dose coronary CTA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875712293     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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