Endoleak detection after endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm using dual-source dual-energy CT: Suitable scanning protocols and potential radiation dose reduction

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 451-460

  Flors, Lucía ^a,b,c   Leiva Salinas, Carlos ^a,b,c   Norton, Patrick T ^a   Patrie, James T ^a   Hagspiel, Klaus D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dual source dual energy CT; Endoleak; Endovascular thoracic aortic aneurysm repair; Late delayed phase acquisition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUAL SOURCE DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873576034     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.8033     Document Type: Article

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