Diagnostic accuracy of low-dose 256-slice multi-detector coronary CT angiography using iterative reconstruction in patients with suspected coronary artery disease

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-11

  Hou, Yang ^a   Ma, Yue ^a   Fan, Weipeng ^b   Wang, Yuke ^a   Yu, Mei ^a   Vembar, Mani ^c   Guo, Qiyong ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Central Hospital of Anshan   (China)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Iterative reconstruction; Radiation dosage; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84896746181     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2969-9     Document Type: Article

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