Initial experience with single-source dual-energy CT abdominal angiography and comparison with single-energy CT angiography: Image quality, enhancement, diagnosis and radiation dose

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 351-359

  Pinho, Daniella F ^a,b   Kulkarni, Naveen M ^a   Krishnaraj, Arun ^a   Kalva, Sanjeeva P ^a   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Dual energy CT; Multidetector CT; Radiation dose; Unenhanced virtual images

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RENAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; SINGLE SOURCE DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84876260141     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2624-x     Document Type: Article

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