Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, U.S.
Acute chest pain MDCT angiography with ECG-gated and non-gated techniques are evaluated
Published in Medical Imaging Week, August 5th, 2006
According to a research team from the United States, "The objective of our study was to compare MDCT angiography protocols used in patients with acute chest pain caused by vascular, nonvascular, and cardiac abnormalities."
"In four groups of 20 patients with chest pain each, four MDCT protocols were used based on monitoring vascular attenuation: pulmonary embolism (150 H at pulmonary artery), aortic dissection (200 H at aortic arch), chest pain (200 H at pulmonary artery), and chest...
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Source: Medical Imaging Week (2006-08-05)
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