Detection of coronary artery stenoses by low-dose, prospectively ECG-triggered, high-pitch spiral coronary CT angiography

S Achenbach, T Goroll, M Seltmann, T Pflederer… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2011 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a new prospectively
electrocardiogram (ECG)-triggered high-pitch scan mode for coronary computed …

Coronary computed tomography angiography with a consistent dose below 1 mSv using prospectively electrocardiogram-triggered high-pitch spiral acquisition

S Achenbach, M Marwan, D Ropers… - European heart …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Aims We evaluated the feasibility and image quality of a new scan mode for coronary
computed tomography angiography (CTA) with an effective dose of less than 1 mSv …

Prospectively ECG-triggered high-pitch spiral acquisition for coronary CT angiography using dual source CT: technique and initial experience

M Lell, M Marwan, T Schepis, T Pflederer, K Anders… - European …, 2009 - Springer
Objective We evaluated radiation exposure and image quality of a new coronary CT
angiography protocol, high-pitch spiral acquisition, using dual source CT (DSCT). Material …

High-pitch spiral acquisition: a new scan mode for coronary CT angiography

S Achenbach, M Marwan, T Schepis, T Pflederer… - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Coronary CT angiography allows high-quality imaging of the coronary arteries when state-of-
the-art CT systems are used. However, radiation exposure has been a concern. We describe …

Image quality and dose performance of 80 kV low dose scan protocol in high-pitch spiral coronary CT angiography: feasibility study

D Wang, X Hu, S Zhang, R Wu, S Xie, B Chen… - … International Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
To investigate the image quality and dose performance of 80 kV high-pitch spiral (HPS)
coronary CT angiography (CCTA). 106 patients consecutively enrolled into prospectively …

Prospectively ECG-triggered high-pitch coronary angiography with third-generation dual-source CT at 70 kVp tube voltage: feasibility, image quality, radiation dose …

MM Hell, D Bittner, A Schuhbaeck, G Muschiol… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Low tube voltage reduces radiation exposure in coronary CT angiography
(CTA). Using 70 kVp tube potential has so far not been possible because CT systems were …

Accuracy of low-dose prospectively gated axial coronary CT angiography for the assessment of coronary artery stenosis in patients with stable heart rate

P Carrascosa, C Capunay, A Deviggiano… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Desirable methods for cardiac CT angiography would both reduce
radiation exposure from cardiac CT angiography and preserve accuracy. OBJECTIVES: We …

High-resolution spiral computed tomography coronary angiography in patients referred for diagnostic conventional coronary angiography

NR Mollet, F Cademartiri, CAG van Mieghem… - Circulation, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The diagnostic performance of the latest 64-slice CT scanner, with increased
temporal (165 ms) and spatial (0.4 mm3) resolution, to detect significant stenoses in the …

Prospectively versus retrospectively ECG-gated 256-slice coronary CT angiography: image quality and radiation dose over expanded heart rates

Y Hou, Y Yue, W Guo, G Feng, T Yu, G Li… - … International Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
To compare image quality and radiation dose estimates for coronary computed tomography
angiography (CCTA) obtained with a prospectively gated transaxial (PGT) CT technique and …

Image quality of ultra-low radiation exposure coronary CT angiography with an effective dose< 0.1 mSv using high-pitch spiral acquisition and raw data-based iterative …

A Schuhbaeck, S Achenbach, C Layritz, J Eisentopf… - European …, 2013 - Springer
Objectives We evaluated the potential of prospectively ECG-triggered high-pitch spiral
acquisition with low tube voltage and current in combination with iterative reconstruction to …