Dual-Energy CTA with Bone Removal for Transcranial Arteries. Intraindividual Comparison with Standard CTA without Bone Removal and TOF-MRA

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1348-1355

  Buerke, Boris ^a   Wittkamp, Gunnar ^a   Seifarth, Harald ^a   Heindel, Walter ^a   Kloska, Stephan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

bone removal; comparative study; computed tomographic angiography; Dual energy; stenosis grading

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349987646     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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