Patient exposure and image quality of low-dose pulmonary computed tomography angiography: Comparison of 100- and 80-kVp protocols

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 871-876

  Szucs Farkas, Zsolt ^a   Kurmann, Luzia ^a   Strautz, Tamara ^a   Patak, Michael A ^a   Vock, Peter ^a   Schindera, Sebastian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Image quality; Pulmonary CT angiography; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

IOBITRIDOL; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; BODY BURDEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; BODY BURDEN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59649088090     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181875e86     Document Type: Article

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