Dual-Energy Computed Tomography Imaging of the Aorta After Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-300

  Laks, Shaked ^a   Macari, Michael ^a   Chandarana, Hersh ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CANCER RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DEVICES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955341539     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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