Thoracic aorta at multi-detector row CT: Motion artifact with various reconstruction windows

Radiology

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 583-588

  Morgan Hughes, Gareth J ^a   Owens, Patrick E ^a   Marshall, Andrew J ^a   Roobottom, Carl A ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, dissecting; Aorta, CT; Computed tomography (CT) artifact; Computed tomography (CT), multidetector row

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; THORACIC AORTA;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTIFACTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042343628     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2282020873     Document Type: Article

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