Effect of radiographic techniques (kVp and mAs) on image quality and patient doses in digital subtraction angiography

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1643-1650

  Gkanatsios, Nikolaos A ^a   Huda, Walter ^b   Peters, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital subtraction angiography; Dosimetry; Image quality; Tube voltage; X ray techniques

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (SOLID STATE); IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IODINE; PHANTOMS; QUANTUM NOISE; TUBES (COMPONENTS); X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

CLINICAL SITUATIONS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; IODINE CONCENTRATION; PATIENT RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE; TUBE VOLTAGES; X-RAY TECHNIQUES; X-RAY TUBE VOLTAGES;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

IODINE; IOPROMIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MODEL; NEURORADIOLOGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; X RAY;

EID: 0036703707     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1493213     Document Type: Article

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