Minimizing clip artifacts in multi CT angiography of clipped patients

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-66

  Van Der Schaaf, Irene C ^a   Van Leeuwen, M ^a   Vlassenbroek, A ^b   Velthuis, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; COBALT; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; TITANIUM;

ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ARTIFACTS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644871626     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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