Multimodality imaging of diseases of the thoracic aorta in adults: from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular …

SA Goldstein, A Evangelista, S Abbara, A Arai… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Elsevier
Aortic pathologies are numerous, presenting manifestations are varied, and aortic diseases
present to many clinical services, including primary physicians, emergency department …

Computed tomography imaging in patients with congenital heart disease, part 2: technical recommendations. An expert consensus document of the Society of …

BK Han, CK Rigsby, J Leipsic… - Journal of …, 2015 - journalofcardiovascularct.com
B. Kelly Han a,*, Cynthia K. Rigsby b, Jonathon Leipsic c, Dianna Bardo d, Suhny Abbara e,
Brian Ghoshhajra f, John R. Lesser g, Subha V. Raman h, Andrew M. Crean i, Edward D …

Low-dose, 128-slice, dual-source CT coronary angiography: accuracy and radiation dose of the high-pitch and the step-and-shoot mode

H Alkadhi, P Stolzmann, L Desbiolles, S Baumueller… - Heart, 2010 - heart.bmj.com
Objective To compare the diagnostic accuracy and radiation doses of two low-dose
protocols for coronary artery imaging with second-generation, dual-source CT in comparison …

Adenosine stress high-pitch 128-slice dual-source myocardial computed tomography perfusion for imaging of reversible myocardial ischemia: comparison with …

G Feuchtner, R Goetti, A Plass, M Wieser… - Circulation …, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) enables accurate
anatomic evaluation of coronary artery stenosis but lacks information about hemodynamic …

Dual source multidetector CT-angiography before Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) using a high-pitch spiral acquisition mode

W Wuest, K Anders, A Schuhbaeck, MS May… - European …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Objectives Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) is an alternative to
surgical valve replacement in high risk patients. Angiography of the aortic root, aorta and …

Accuracy, image quality and radiation dose comparison of high-pitch spiral and sequential acquisition on 128-slice dual-source CT angiography in children with …

P Nie, X Wang, Z Cheng, X Ji, Y Duan, J Chen - European radiology, 2012 - Springer
Objectives To compare accuracy, image quality and radiation dose between high-pitch
spiral and sequential modes on 128-slice dual-source computed tomographic (DSCT) …

Radiation dose and image quality at high-pitch CT angiography of the aorta: intraindividual and interindividual comparisons with conventional CT angiography

P Apfaltrer, EL Hanna, UJ Schoepf… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to evaluate radiation dose and quantitative
image quality parameters at high-pitch CT angiography (CTA) of the aorta compared with …

Radiation dose optimization and thoracic computed tomography

S Singh, MK Kalra, RDA Khawaja… - Radiologic …, 2014 - radiologic.theclinics.com
Growth in computed tomography (CT) technology has had phases of rapid progress. The
early 1970s were marked with invention and introduction of 4 generations of step-and-shoot …

Low contrast medium-volume third-generation dual-source computed tomography angiography for transcatheter aortic valve replacement planning

LM Felmly, CN De Cecco, UJ Schoepf… - European …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose To investigate feasibility, image quality and safety of low-tube-voltage, low-contrast-
volume comprehensive cardiac and aortoiliac CT angiography (CTA) for planning …

High-pitch dual-source CT angiography of the aortic valve-aortic root complex without ECG-synchronization

C Karlo, S Leschka, RP Goetti, G Feuchtner… - European …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose To compare image quality and radiation dose of high-pitch computed tomography
angiography (CTA) of the aortic valve-aortic root complex with and without prospective ECG …