Image quality of ultra-low radiation exposure coronary CT angiography with an effective dose <0.1 mSv using high-pitch spiral acquisition and raw data-based iterative reconstruction

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 597-606

  Schuhbaeck, Annika ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Layritz, Christian ^b   Eisentopf, Jasmin ^b   Hecker, Franziska ^a   Pflederer, Tobias ^b   Gauss, Soeren ^b   Rixe, Johannes ^a   Kalender, Willi ^b   Daniel, Werner G ^b   Lell, Michael ^b   Ropers, Dieter ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dual source CT; High pitch spiral acquisition; Image quality; Iterative reconstruction; Ultra low dose coronary CT angiography

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FILTERED BACK PROJECTION; HEART RATE; HIGH PITCH SPIRAL ACQUISITION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAW DATA BASED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84878577155     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2656-2     Document Type: Article

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