Dose and image quality at CT pulmonary angiography-comparison of first and second generation dual-energy CT and 64-slice CT

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2139-2147

  Bauer, Ralf W ^a   Kramer, Sebastian ^a   Renker, Matthias ^a   Schell, Boris ^a   Larson, Maya Christina ^a   Beeres, Martin ^a   Lehnert, Thomas ^a   Jacobi, Volkmar ^a   Vogl, Thomas J ^a   Kerl, Josef Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

64 slice CT; Dose; Dual energy CT; Image quality; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOSIMETRY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053895681     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2162-y     Document Type: Article

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