Optimizing computed tomography to reduce artifacts from titanium aneurysm clips: An in vitro study: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1238-1243

  Mamourian, Alexander C ^a,b   Pluta, Daniel J ^a   Eskey, Clifford J ^a   Merlis, Anthony L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aneurysm clip; Computed tomography; Computed tomography angiography

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37149055112     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/12/1238     Document Type: Article

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