Effect of tube voltage on image quality in 64-section multidetector 3D CT angiography: Evaluation with a vascular phantom with superimposed bone skull structures

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 620-625

  Murakami, Y ^a   Kakeda, S ^a   Kamada, K ^a   Ohnari, N ^a   Nishimura, J ^a   Ogawa, M ^a   Otsubo, K ^b   Morishita, Y ^b   Korogi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SKULL; STUDENT T TEST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARTIFACTS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 77950820879     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1871     Document Type: Article

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