Comparison of image quality and radiation dose between fixed tube current and combined automatic tube current modulation in craniocervical CT angiography

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1754-1759

  Lee, E J ^a,c   Lee, Seon Kyu ^a,b   Agid, R ^a   Howard, P ^a   Bae, J M ^d   TerBrugge, K ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^d Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY BURDEN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349898034     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1675     Document Type: Article

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