Low contrast- and low radiation dose protocol for cardiac CT of thin adults at 256-row CT: Usefulness of low tube voltage scans and the hybrid iterative reconstruction algorithm

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 913-923

  Nakaura, Takeshi ^a,b   Kidoh, Masafumi ^a,b   Sakaino, Naritsugu ^a   Utsunomiya, Daisuke ^b   Oda, Seitaro ^b   Kawahara, Tetsuya ^a   Harada, Kazunori ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a AMAKUSA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Contrast media; Image processing; Radiation dosage

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IOPAMIDOL; METOPROLOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC USE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; THINNESS;

EID: 84877923526     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0153-y     Document Type: Article

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