CT angiography of intracranial arterial vessels: Impact of tube voltage and contrast media concentration on image quality

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 929-934

  Ramgren, Birgitta ^a,b   Björkman Burtscher, Isabella M ^a,b   Holtas, Stig ^a,b   Siemund, Roger ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CNS; Contrast agents intravenous; CT angiography; Technical aspects

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL VESSELS; CNS; COMBINED EFFECT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; GROUP III; HIGH DEMAND; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; INJECTION RATES; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIES; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; VESSEL ENHANCEMENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; GRADING; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE QUALITY; VOLUME RENDERING;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867704575     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2012.120218     Document Type: Article

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