Dose related, comparative evaluation of a novel bone-subtraction algorithm in 64-row cervico-cranial CT angiography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 168-174

  Siebert, E ^a   Bohner, G ^a   Dewey, M ^a   Bauknecht, C ^a   Klingebiel, R ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiography; Bone subtraction; Cerebrovascular; Computed tomography; Multislice

Indexed keywords

BASILAR ARTERY; BONE REMOVAL; CEREBROVASCULAR; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; CT SCANNERS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; IN-VESSEL; LOW DOSE; OPHTHALMIC ARTERIES; PHANTOM STUDIES; POST PROCESSING; SKULL BASE; SUBTRACTION ALGORITHMS; TUBE CURRENTS; VISUALISATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PLASMA WAVES;

BONE;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALROTATION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73449088390     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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