Comparison of standard- and low-tube voltage MDCT angiography in patients with peripheral arterial disease

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2758-2765

  Utsunomiya, Daisuke ^a   Oda, Seitaro ^a   Funama, Yoshinori ^b   Awai, Kazuo ^c   Nakaura, Takeshi ^d   Yanaga, Yumi ^a   Hirai, Toshinori ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AMAKUSA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Helical computed; Peripheral arterial disease; Radiation dose; Tomography; Vascular imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957866866     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1841-4     Document Type: Article

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