Single-acquisition dual-energy multidetector computed tomography: Analysis of vascular enhancement and postprocessing techniques for evaluating the thoracic aorta

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 670-677

  Godoy, Myrna C B ^a,b   Naidich, David P ^a   Marchiori, Edson ^a,c   Leidecker, Christianne ^d   Schmidt, Bernhard ^d   Assadourian, Bernard ^a   Vlahos, Ioannis ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta; CT angiography; Dual energy CT; Dual source CT; Multidetector CT

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL;

AORTA; AORTIC DISEASE; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; DUAL SOURCE; DUAL-ENERGY; DUAL-ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL-ENERGY CT; DUAL-SOURCE CT; MULTIDETECTOR CT; POST-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES;

IMAGE QUALITY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOHEXOL; IOPROMIDE;

AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THORACIC AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77958119926     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181e10627     Document Type: Article

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