Thoracoabdominal-aortoiliac multidetector-row CT angiography at 80 and 100 kVp: Assessment of image quality and radiation dose

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 650-655

  Schindera, Sebastian T ^a   Graca, Patricia ^a   Patak, Michael A ^a   Abderhalden, Susanne ^a   Von Allmen, Gabriel ^a   Vock, Peter ^a   Szucs Farkas, Zsolt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contrast medium volume; CT angiography; Image quality; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349678698     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181acaf8a     Document Type: Article

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