Detection of coronary artery stenosis with sub-milliSievert radiation dose by prospectively ECG-triggered high-pitch spiral CT angiography and iterative reconstruction

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2927-2933

  Yin, Wei Hua ^a,b   Lu, Bin ^a,b   Hou, Zhi Hui ^a,b   Li, Nan ^a,b   Han, Lei ^a,b   Wu, Yong Jian ^a   Niu, Hong Xia ^a   Silverman, Justin R ^a,b   Nicola De Cecco, Carlo ^a,b   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a,b  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Coronary computed tomography angiography; High pitch spiral acquisition; Iterative reconstruction; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CATHETER CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 84885959539     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2920-0     Document Type: Article

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