Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 392-400 , November 2008

Effect of dual-source cardiac computed tomography on patient radiation dose in a clinical setting: Comparison to single-source imaging

  • Sandra S. Halliburton, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Srikanth Sola, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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  • Stacie A. Kuzmiak, RT

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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  • Nancy A. Obuchowski, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • ,
  • Milind Desai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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  • Scott D. Flamm, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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  • Paul Schoenhagen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA

Received 2 July 2008 ,Accepted 20 September 2008.

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 Conflict of interest: S.S. Halliburton received research funding from Siemens Medical Solutions for an unrelated project. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(08)00616-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.09.003

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 392-400 , November 2008

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