Inverse-direction scanning improves the image quality of whole carotid CT angiography with 64-MDCT

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 749-754

  Kuroda, Yuuki ^a   Hosoya, Takaaki ^a   Oda, Atsuko ^a   Ooki, Nozomi ^a   Toyoguchi, Yuuki ^a   Murakami, Misako ^a   Kanoto, Masafumi ^a   Sugawara, Chisato ^a   Honma, Tsuguo ^a   Sugai, Yukio ^a   Nemoto, Kenji ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT angiography; MDCT; Scan direction

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80755189428     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.09.037     Document Type: Article

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