Multi-detector row CT pulmonary angiography: Comparison of standard-dose and simulated low-dose techniques

Radiology

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 318-325

  Tack, Denis ^a,e   De Maertelaer, Viviane ^b   Petit, Wendy ^c   Scillia, Pierre ^c   Muller, Patrick ^a   Suess, Christoph ^d   Gevenois, Pierre Alain ^c  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOBITRIDOL; XENETIX 350;

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STANDARD; TIME;

EID: 20744455342     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2361040190     Document Type: Article

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