Low-dose multidetector-row CT angiography of the infra-renal aorta and lower extremity vessels: Image quality and diagnostic accuracy in comparison with standard DSA

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-146

  Fraioli, Francesco ^a   Catalano, Carlo ^a   Napoli, Alessandro ^a   Francone, Marco ^a   Venditti, Fiammetta ^a   Danti, Massimiliano ^a   Pediconi, Federica ^a   Passariello, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arteries; Computed tomography angiography; Digital subtraction angiography; Radiation

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOPAMIDOL; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 30844453160     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2812-z     Document Type: Article

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