Enhancing Radiation Dose Efficiency in Prospective ECG-Triggered Coronary CT Angiography Using Calcium-Scoring CT.

Muhammad Taha HagarMartin SoschynskiMatthias BenndorfThomas SteinJana TaronChristopher L SchlettFabian BambergTobias Krauss

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

Using CAS-CT for planning prospectively ECG-triggered CCTA reduced the overall radiation dose administered compared to scout view planning without CAS-CT, except for high-pitch spiral CCTA, where a slightly opposite effect was observed.

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