Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 10 , Pages 809-814 , October 2010

Prospective ECG triggering versus low-dose retrospective ECG-gated 128-channel CT coronary angiography: comparison of image quality and radiation dose

  • Q. Feng
    • ,
  • Y. Yin
    • ,
  • X. Hua
    • ,
  • R. Zhu
    • ,
  • J. Hua
    • ,
  • J. Xu

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: J. Xu, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China. Tel.: +8602168383259; fax: +8602150896639.

Received 27 December 2009 ,Revised 24 April 2010 ,Accepted 7 May 2010.

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PII: S0009-9260(10)00225-4

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.05.005

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 10 , Pages 809-814 , October 2010

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