Dual-energy, standard and low-kVp contrast-enhanced CT-cholangiography: A comparative analysis of image quality and radiation exposure

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1405-1412

  Stiller, W ^a   Schwarzwaelder, C B ^a   Sommer, C M ^a   Veloza, S ^a   Radeleff, B A ^a   Kauczor, H U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholangiography; CT; Dual energy; Image quality; Low kVp; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIPAMIDE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861628009     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.03.030     Document Type: Article

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