Impact of a new motion-correction algorithm on image quality of low-dose coronary CT angiography in patients with insufficient heart rate control

Academic Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 312-317

  Fuchs, Tobias A ^a   Stehli, Julia ^a   Dougoud, Svetlana ^a   Fiechter, Michael ^a   Sah, Bert Ram ^a   Buechel, Ronny R ^a   Bull, Sacha ^a   Gaemperli, Oliver ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary CT angiography (CCTA); Insufficient heart rate control; Motion correction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIKERT SCALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY (CCTA); INSUFFICIENT HEART RATE CONTROL; MOTION CORRECTION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893775471     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.10.014     Document Type: Article

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