Feasibility of dual-energy CT in the arterial phase: Imaging after endovascular aortic repair

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 486-493

  Numburi, Uma D ^a,b   Schoenhagen, Paul ^a,b   Flamm, Scott D ^a   Greenberg, Roy K ^a   Primak, Andrew N ^c   Saba, Osama I ^c   Lieber, Michael L ^a   Halliburton, Sandra S ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Cleveland State University   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Dual energy CT; Endovascular repair; Unenhanced CT; Virtual CT

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; SINGLE ENERGY COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STENT; THORACIC AORTA; THROMBUS; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955601604     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3872     Document Type: Article

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