CT angiography in suspected pulmonary embolism: Impact of patient characteristics and different venous lines on vessel enhancement and image quality

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Roggenland, Daniela ^a   Peters, Soeren A ^a   Lemburg, Stefan P ^a   Holland Letz, Tim ^a   Nicolas, Volkmar ^a   Heyer, Christoph M ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated tube current modulation; Bolus tracking; CT angiography; MDCT; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATED TUBE CURRENT MODULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 44849116899     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3402     Document Type: Article

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