SCCT guidelines on radiation dose and dose-optimization strategies in cardiovascular CT

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography - Tập 5 Số 4 - Trang 198-224 - 2011
Sandra S. Halliburton1, Suhny Abbara2, Marcus Y. Chen3, Ralph Gentry4, Mahadevappa Mahesh5, Gilbert Raff4, Leslee J. Shaw6, Jörg Hausleiter7
1Imaging Institute, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, J1-4, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
2Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
3National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
4William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA
5Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
6Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
7Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Munich, Germany

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