CT dose reduction using prospectively triggered or fast-pitch spiral technique employed in cardiothoracic imaging (the CT dose study)

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 205-214

  Chinnaiyan, Kavitha M ^a   Bilolikar, Abhay N ^a   Walsh, Edward ^a   Wood, Daniel ^a   DePetris, Ann ^a   Gentry, Ralph ^a   Boura, Judith ^b   Abbara, Suhny ^c   Al Mallah, Mouaz ^d   Bis, Kostaki ^a   Boswell, Gilbert ^d   Gallagher, Michael ^e   Arunakul, Ing Orn ^a   Halliburton, Sandra ^a   Jacobs, Jill ^f   Lesser, John ^g   Schoepf, U Joseph ^h   Valeti, Uma S ^i,j,k   Raff, Gilbert L ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b William Beaumont Hospitals   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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Author keywords

DLP; Dose recommendation; High pitch; Prospective triggered; Radiation dose reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVICE COMPARISON; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HIGH PITCH SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRENDS;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84902520898     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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