Coronary computed tomography angiography at 140 kV versus 120 kV: assessment of image quality and radiation exposure in overweight and moderately obese patients

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 554-562

  Lee, Ashley M ^a   Engel, Leif Christopher ^a   Hui, Gladwin C ^a   Liew, Gary ^a   Ferencik, Maros ^a   Sidhu, Manavjot S ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Ghoshhajra, Brian B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Cardiac; CT; CT angiography; Dosimetry; Radiation safety

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DOSIMETRY; HEART; IMAGE DENOISING; IMAGE QUALITY; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ADULT; CARDIAC; CARDIAC-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGE QUALITIES; RADIATION SAFETY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IOPAMIDOL; METOPROLOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84902168864     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185113502745     Document Type: Article

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