Is Coronary Stent Assessment Improved with Spectral Analysis of Dual Energy CT?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1241-1250

  Halpern, Ethan J ^a   Halpern, David J ^a   Yanof, Jeffrey H ^b   Amin Spector, Sigal ^b   Fischman, David ^a   Aviram, Galit ^c   Sosna, Jacob ^d  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary artery, coronary stent, CT angiography, dual energy CT, spectral classification

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL; STAINLESS STEEL;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENT; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; STRUT THICKNESS; THICKNESS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69449083457     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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