Dual-energy MDCT: Comparison of pulmonary artery enhancement on dedicated CT pulmonary angiography, routine and low contrast volume studies

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Godoy, Myrna C B ^a,b   Heller, Samantha L ^a   Naidich, David P ^a   Assadourian, Bernard ^a   Leidecker, Christianne ^c   Schmidt, Bernhard ^d   Vlahos, Ioannis ^a,e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT pulmonary angiography; CTPA; Dual energy CT; Dual source CT; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052159081     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.12.030     Document Type: Article

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