Dual energy CTA of the supraaortic arteries: Technical improvements with a novel dual source CT system

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Lell, Michael M ^a   Hinkmann, Fabian ^a   Nkenke, Emeka ^a   Schmidt, Bernhard ^b   Seidensticker, Peter ^c   Kalender, Willi A ^a   Uder, Michael ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid arteries; Computed tomography; Dual energy CT; Dual source

Indexed keywords

BONE REMOVAL; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; CT SYSTEM; DATA SETS; DUAL ENERGY; DUAL SOURCE; DUAL-ENERGY CT; HEAD AND NECK; IMAGING MODALITY; LUMEN REDUCTION; OPHTHALMIC ARTERIES; POST PROCESSING; SECOND GENERATION; SIMULTANEOUS ACQUISITION; SOURCE DATA; TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENT; VESSEL INTEGRITY; VESSEL LUMEN; VESSEL SEGMENTS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; BONE; IMAGE QUALITY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149357648     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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