"Sweet spot" for endoleak detection: Optimizing contrast to noise using low kev reconstructions from fast-switch kVp dual-energy CT

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-87

  Maturen, Katherine E ^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; Low kVp CT

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONITORING;

AORTA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; DUAL-ENERGY; DUAL-ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; ENDOGRAFT; ENDOGRAFT SURVEILLANCE; ENDOLEAK DETECTION; ENDOLEAKS; LOW-KVP COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC;

REPAIR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOLEAK; FAST SWITCH PEAK KILOVOLT DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW KILOELECTRON VOLT MONOCHROMATIC IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 84856269234     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31824258cb     Document Type: Article

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