Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 62-65 , July 2007

Practical tips and tricks in cardiovascular computed tomography: Patient preparation for optimization of cardiovascular CT data acquisition

  • Sandra Simon Halliburton, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Suhny Abbara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Received 3 April 2007 ,Accepted 16 April 2007.

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 Conflict of interest: Dr Halliburton reports that she is supported by a research grant from Siemens Medical Solutions. Dr Abbara reports that he has received a honorarium from Siemens and that he is on the medical advisory panels of EZEM and Partners Imaging.

PII: S1934-5925(07)00005-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2007.04.004

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 62-65 , July 2007

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