Dynamic imaging of a model of intracranial saccular aneurysms using ultra-high-resolution flat-panel volumetric computed tomography: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 947-957

  Mitha, Alim P ^a,b   Reichardt, Benjamin ^a   Grasruck, Michael ^c   Macklin, Eric ^a   Bartling, Soenke ^d   Leidecker, Christianne ^c   Schmidt, Bernhard ^c   Flohr, Thomas ^c   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Ogilvy, Christopher S ^a   Gupta, Rajiv ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aneurysm model; Dynamic computed tomography; Flat panel volumetric computed tomography; High spatial resolution; Intracranial aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL SACCULAR ANEURYSM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RABBITS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70449709295     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.JNS08828     Document Type: Article

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