Dual-source CT Angiography in Aortic Stent Grafting. An in vitro Aorta Phantom Study of Image Noise and Radiation Dose

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 884-893

  Sun, Zhonghua ^a   Ng, Curtise ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D visualization; aortic stent graft; image noise; Multislice CT; radiation dose; virtual intravascular endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; PHANTOM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RENAL ARTERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STENT; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL INTRAVASCULAR ENDOSCOPY; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953124581     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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