Sixty-four-section multidetector CT angiography of carotid arteries: A systematic analysis of image quality and artifacts

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-99

  Kim, J J ^a   Dillon, W P ^a   Glastonbury, C M ^a   Provenzale, J M ^b,c   Wintermark, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIXTY FOUR SECTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749153024     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1768     Document Type: Article

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