Comparison of coronary CT angiography image quality with and without breast shields

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 529-536

  Hulten, Edward ^a,b   Devine, Patrick ^a   Welch, Timothy ^c   Feuerstein, Irwin ^a   Taylor, Allen ^d   Petrillo, Sara ^e   Luncheon, Minnetta ^a   Nguyen, Binh ^a   Villines, Todd C ^a  

^a Walter Reed National Military   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast shield; Cardiac CT; Coronary CT angiography; Radiation

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; IOPAMIDOL; LATEX;

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; BREAST; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SHIELD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BREAST; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876053374     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.8302     Document Type: Article

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