Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 394-400 , November 2009

Coronary artery calcium scoring using a reduced tube voltage and radiation dose protocol with dual-source computed tomography

  • Ryo Nakazato, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Taper Building Room 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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  • Damini Dey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Taper Building Room 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Ariel Gutstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rabin Medical Center, Sackler Medical School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Petah Tikva, Israel
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  • Ludovic Le Meunier, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Siemens Medical Solutions (PET Division), Knoxville, TN, USA
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  • Victor Y. Cheng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Taper Building Room 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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  • Raymond Pimentel, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Taper Building Room 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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  • William Paz, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Taper Building Room 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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  • Sean W. Hayes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Taper Building Room 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Louise E.J. Thomson, MBChB

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Taper Building Room 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • John D. Friedman, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Taper Building Room 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Daniel S. Berman, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Taper Building Room 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 13 June 2009 ,Accepted 2 October 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: Ludovic Le Meunier is an employee of Siemens Medical Systems, PET Division. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

 This study was supported by in part by grant 6318 from the Glazer Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, and in part by The Lincy Foundation, Los Angeles, CA. Dr Nakazato is supported in part by a grant from the Society of Nuclear Medicine Wagner-Torizuka Fellowship, Virginia.

 Dr Nakazato and Dr Dey contributed equally to this study.

PII: S1934-5925(09)00508-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.10.002

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 394-400 , November 2009

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