Diagnostic accuracy of 128-slice dual-source CT coronary angiography: A randomized comparison of different acquisition protocols

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 614-622

  Neefjes, Lisan A ^a,b   Rossi, Alexia ^a   Genders, Tessa S S ^a   Nieman, Koen ^a   Papadopoulou, Stella L ^a   Dharampal, Anoeshka S ^a   Schultz, Carl J ^a   Weustink, Annick C ^a   Dijkshoorn, Marcel L ^a   Ten Kate, Gert Jan R ^a,b   Dedic, Admir ^a   Van Straten, Marcel ^a   Cademartiri, Filippo ^a   Hunink, M G Myriam ^a   Krestin, Gabriël P ^a   De Feyter, Pim J ^a   Mollet, Nico R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Radiation dosage; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 84878553838     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2663-3     Document Type: Article

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