Dual energy CT of peripheral arteries: Effect of automatic bone and plaque removal on image quality and grading of stenoses

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 414-422

  Meyer, B C ^a   Werncke, T ^a   Hopfenmuller W ^a   Raatschen, H J ^a   Wolf, K J ^a   Albrecht, T ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dual energy MDCT angiography; Peripheral arteries; Runoff CTA

Indexed keywords

BONE FRAGMENTS; BONE REMOVALS; CT ANGIOGRAPHIES; DATA SETS; DUAL ENERGIES; DUAL ENERGY MDCT ANGIOGRAPHY; KAPPA STATISTICS; LOWER EXTREMITIES; PERIPHERAL ARTERIES; POST-PROCESSING; SIGNED RANK TESTS; SLICE THICKNESSES; STENOSES; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

ABERRATIONS; ANEMOMETERS; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; EROSION; GRADING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RUNOFF; SOIL MECHANICS; STATISTICAL TESTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

BONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATICALLY BONE SUBTRACTED IMAGE; BONE AND PLAQUE SUBTRACTED IMAGE; BONE RESECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING; ISCHEMIA; KNEE; LEG ARTERY; MALE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENOSIS; THIGH; ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 56349172170     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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