Image quality in low-dose coronary computed tomography angiography with a new high-definition CT scanner

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 471-477

  Kazakauskaite, Egle ^a   Husmann, Lars ^a   Stehli, Julia ^a   Fuchs, Tobias ^a   Fiechter, Michael ^a,b   Klaeser, Bernd ^a   Ghadri, Jelena R ^a   Gebhard, Catherine ^a   Gaemperli, Oliver ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; High definition computed tomography; Image quality; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIGH DEFINITION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE; STANDARD DEFINITION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879691215     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0100-y     Document Type: Article

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