Multidetector CT Angiography of Arterial Inflow and Runoff in the Lower Extremities: A Challenge in Data Acquisition and Evaluation

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 144-151

  Boll, Daniel T ^a   Lewin, Jonathan S ^a,b   Fleiter, Thorsten R ^a   Duerk, Jeffrey L ^a   Merkle, Elmar M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomographic angiography; Curved multiplanar reformations; Lower limb; Multidetector CT scanner; Peripheral arterial disease; Vessel tracking techniques; Volume rendering techniques

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; OPTIRAY 300;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TIBIAL ARTERIES;

EID: 1842782833     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/03-1098.1     Document Type: Article

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