Multi-Detector Row Spiral CT Angiography of the Thoracic Outlet: Dose Reduction with Anatomically Adapted Online Tube Current Modulation and Preset Dose Savings

Radiology

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 116-124

  Mastora, Ioana ^a   Remy Jardin, Martine ^a   Delannoy, Valérie ^b   Duhamel, Alain ^b   Scherf, Claudia ^c   Suess, Christoph ^c   Remy, Jacques ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteries, subclavian; Computed tomography (CT), angiography; Computed tomography, radiation exposure; Shoulder, CT

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR ROW SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0346848753     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2301021408     Document Type: Article

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