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Research ArticleRadiation Safety

Lower Radiation Dosing in Cardiac CT Angiography: The CONVERGE Registry

Paul Madaj, Dong Li, Rine Nakanishi, Daniele Andreini, Gianluca Pontone, Edoardo Conte, Rachael O’Rourke Franzcr, Christian Hamilton-Craig, Manojna Nimmagadda, Nicholas Kim, Badiha Fatima, Christopher Dailing and Matthew J. Budoff
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology March 2020, 48 (1) 58-62; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.119.229500
Paul Madaj
1Department of Cardiology, Lundquist Institute, Torrance, California
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1Department of Cardiology, Lundquist Institute, Torrance, California
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Rine Nakanishi
1Department of Cardiology, Lundquist Institute, Torrance, California
2Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Internal Medicine, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Daniele Andreini
3Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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Gianluca Pontone
3Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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Edoardo Conte
3Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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Rachael O’Rourke Franzcr
4Department of Medical Imaging, Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; and
5University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Christian Hamilton-Craig
4Department of Medical Imaging, Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; and
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Manojna Nimmagadda
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Nicholas Kim
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Badiha Fatima
1Department of Cardiology, Lundquist Institute, Torrance, California
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Christopher Dailing
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vol. 48 no. 1 58-62
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.119.229500
PubMed 
32144159

Published By 
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Print ISSN 
0091-4916
Online ISSN 
1535-5675
History 
  • Received for publication April 10, 2019
  • Accepted for publication August 5, 2019
  • Published online March 6, 2020.

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  1. Paul Madaj1,
  2. Dong Li1,
  3. Rine Nakanishi1,2,
  4. Daniele Andreini3,
  5. Gianluca Pontone3,
  6. Edoardo Conte3,
  7. Rachael O’Rourke Franzcr4,5,
  8. Christian Hamilton-Craig4,
  9. Manojna Nimmagadda1,
  10. Nicholas Kim1,
  11. Badiha Fatima1,
  12. Christopher Dailing1 and
  13. Matthew J. Budoff1
  1. 1Department of Cardiology, Lundquist Institute, Torrance, California
  2. 2Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Internal Medicine, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
  3. 3Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
  4. 4Department of Medical Imaging, Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; and
  5. 5University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  1. For correspondence or reprints contact: Matthew Budoff, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, 1124 W. Carson St., Torrance CA 90502. E-mail: mbudoff@labiomed.org
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