Prospects for non-invasive angiography with tunable X-rays
| Autor: | R. Hofstadter, E. B. Hughes, Edward Rubenstein, J. T. Walton, Donald C. Harrison, Maurice Buchbinder, George Brown, Herbert D. Zeman, A.C. Thompson, J. N. Otis, H. A. Sommer, R. S. Kernoff |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
| Předmět: |
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Non invasive Iodine compounds Visualization Coronary arteries medicine.anatomical_structure Iodinated contrast Angiography Medicine Photon beams Medical physics business Instrumentation Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. :323-328 |
| ISSN: | 0168-583X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0168-583x(85)90261-7 |
| Popis: | A safe and sensitive method of visualizing the coronary arteries is needed. The presently available method of visualization is highly invasive and carries too high a risk and cost. The intensity and tunability of synchrotron X-ray beams provides a new source of X-rays highly suited to the in vivo detection of iodinated contrast agents. The method offers the prospect of non-invasive visualization of the arteries by peripheral venous injection of contrast agent. The studies already conducted and those in preparation for human subjects are reviewed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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