Aortic endograft surveillance: Use of fast-switch kVp dual-energy computed tomography with virtual noncontrast imaging

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 742-746

  Maturen, Katherine E ^a   Kleaveland, Patricia A ^a   Kaza, Ravi K ^a   Liu, Peter S ^a   Quint, Leslie E ^a   Khalatbari, Shokoufeh H ^b   Platt, Joel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

aorta; dual energy CT; endograft surveillance; endoleak detection; virtual noncontrast imaging

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; LEAK DETECTION; MONITORING;

AORTA; DUAL-ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL-ENERGY CT; ENDOGRAFT; ENDOGRAFT SURVEILLANCE; ENDOLEAK DETECTION; ENDOLEAKS; FAST SWITCHES; LEAKS DETECTIONS; VIRTUAL NONCONTRAST IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 81355123472     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3182372c14     Document Type: Article

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