Multislice CT angiography in post-aortic stent grafting: Optimization of scanning protocols for virtual intravascular endoscopy

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 19-26

  Sun, Zhonghua ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Artifacts; Image quality; Stent graft; Virtual intravascular endoscopy

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RENAL ARTERY; STENT; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 45849097583     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-008-0201-1     Document Type: Article

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