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    Coronary CT angiography with single-source and dual-source CT: Comparison of image quality and radiation dose between prospective ECG-triggered and retrospective ECG-gated protocols

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    Authors
    Sabarudin, Akmal
    Sun, Zhonghua
    Yusof, A.
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Sabarudin, Akmal and Sun, Zhonghua and Yusof, Ahmad Khairuddin Md. 2013. Coronary CT angiography with single-source and dual-source CT: Comparison of image quality and radiation dose between prospective ECG-triggered and retrospective ECG-gated protocols. International Journal of Cardiology. 168 (2): pp. 746-753.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Cardiology
    DOI
    10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.217
    ISSN
    01675273
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    NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Journal of Cardiology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Journal of Cardiology, Volume 168, Issue 2, 30 September 2013, Pages 746–753. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.217

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29273
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    Background This study is conducted to investigate and compare image quality and radiation dose between prospective ECG-triggered and retrospective ECG-gated coronary CT angiography (CCTA) with the use of single-source CT (SSCT) and dual-source CT (DSCT). Methods A total of 209 patients who underwent CCTA with suspected coronary artery disease scanned with SSCT (n = 95) and DSCT (n = 114) scanners using prospective ECG-triggered and retrospective ECG-gated protocols were recruited from two institutions. The image was assessed by two experienced observers, while quantitative assessment was performed by measuring the image noise, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). Effective dose was calculated using the latest published conversion coefficient factor. Results A total of 2087 out of 2880 coronary artery segments were assessable, with 98.0% classified as of sufficient and 2.0% as of insufficient image quality for clinical diagnosis. There was no significant difference in overall image quality between prospective ECG-triggered and retrospective gated protocols, whether it was performed with DSCT or SSCT scanners. Prospective ECG-triggered protocol was compared in terms of radiation dose calculation between DSCT (6.5 ± 2.9 mSv) and SSCT (6.2 ± 1.0 mSv) scanners and no significant difference was noted (p = 0.99). However, the effective dose was significantly lower with DSCT (18.2 ± 8.3 mSv) than with SSCT (28.3 ± 7.0 mSv) in the retrospective gated protocol. Conclusions Prospective ECG-triggered CCTA reduces radiation dose significantly compared to retrospective ECG-gated CCTA, while maintaining good image quality.

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