Four dimensional intravenous cone-beam computed tomographic subtraction angiography: In vitro study of feasibility

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 753-761

  Pollmann, Steven I ^a,d   Norley, Chris J D ^a   Pelz, David M ^b   Lownie, Stephen P ^b   Holdsworth, David W ^a,c  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular; Computed tomography; Intravenous; Subtraction angiography; Time resolved

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; WAVEFORM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; METHODOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 58149293707     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181812c4c     Document Type: Article

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