Gated multidetector computed tomography: A technique to reduce intracranial aneurysm clip and coil artifacts

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-107

  Kovacs A ^a   Flacke, S ^a   Tschampa, H ^a   Hadizadeh, D ^a   Greschus, S ^a   Clusmann, H ^a   R Kristof, ^a   Urbach, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Clip; Coil; Computed tomography; CT angiography; ECG gating; Reconstruction window; Retrospective tagging; Starburst artifact; Streak artifact

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTIFACT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY GATED IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955983087     PISSN: 09397116     EISSN: 16156706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-010-0001-1     Document Type: Article

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