Dual-Energy Lung Perfusion Computed Tomography: A Novel Pulmonary Functional Imaging Method

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 301-308

  Thieme, Sven F ^a   Johnson, Thorsten R C ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG DISEASE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955313172     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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