High-pitch dual-source computed tomography pulmonary angiography in freely breathing patients

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 376-381

  Bauer, Ralf W ^a   Schell, Boris ^a   Beeres, Martin ^a   Wichmann, Julian L ^a   Bodelle, Boris ^a   Vogl, Thomas J ^a   Kerl, Josef Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

computed tomography pulmonary angiography; dual source computed tomography; free breathing; high pitch computed tomography; Valsalva maneuver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BREATHING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INCIDENCE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG STRUCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEX RATIO; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RESPIRATION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868301324     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e318250067e     Document Type: Article

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