Dual-energy direct bone removal CT angiography for evaluation of intracranial aneurysm or stenosis: Comparison with conventional digital subtraction angiography

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1019-1024

  Watanabe, Yoshiyuki ^a,b   Uotani, Kensuke ^a   Nakazawa, Tetsuro ^a   Higashi, Masahiro ^a   Yamada, Naoaki ^a   Hori, Yoshiro ^a   Kanzaki, Suzu ^a   Fukuda, Tetsuya ^a   Itoh, Toshihide ^c   Naito, Hiroaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone elimination; Brain; Cerebral CTA; Dual energy CT; Dual source CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BONE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BONE AND BONES; BRAIN; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62649173588     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1213-5     Document Type: Article

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