Assessment of coronary stent in vitro on multislice computed tomography angiography: Improved in-stent visibility by the use of 140-kV tube voltage

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 414-421

  Suzuki, Shigeru ^a   Furui, Shigeru ^a   Kuwahara, Sadatoshi ^b   Kaminaga, Tatsuro ^a   Yamauchi, Teiyu ^a   Kawasaki, Tsutomu ^a   Konno, Kumiko ^a   Kozuma, Ken ^a   Isshiki, Takaaki ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Experimental studies; Multislice CT (MSCT); Stent

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVOLUTION; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VISIBILITY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVOLUTION KERNEL; CORONARY STENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IN-VITRO; INHOMOGENEITIES; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; STENOSES; TUBE VOLTAGES;

STENTS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENT; IMAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34249796959     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000243446.95491.29     Document Type: Article

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