High-pitch, dual-source chest computed tomography angiography without electrocardiographic synchronization: Evaluation of cardiac motion artifacts on pulmonary circulation

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 376-382

  Tacelli, Nunzia ^a   Darchis, Christine ^a   Pontana, François ^a   Faivre, Jean Baptiste ^a   Deken, Valérie ^c   Duhamel, Alain ^b   Murphy, Colm ^a   Remy, Jacques ^a   Remy Jardin, Martine ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

computed tomography angiography; dual source; pulmonary circulation; thorax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIGH PITCH DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84887321671     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31828d4209     Document Type: Article

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