High-pitch dual-source CT angiography of supra-aortic arteries: Assessment of image quality and radiation dose

Neuroradiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 423-430

  Korn, A ^a   Fenchel, M ^a   Bender, B ^a   Danz, S ^a   Thomas, C ^a   Ketelsen, D ^a   Claussen, C D ^a   Moonis, G ^b   Krauss, B ^c   Heuschmid, M ^a   Ernemann, U ^a   Brodoefel, H ^a,b,d  

^a Department of Diagnostic und Interventional Neuroradiology ^*  (Germany)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

High pitch CT angiography; Image quality; Motion artifact; Radiation dose; Supra aortic arteries

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PITCH DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUPRA AORTIC ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84879690002     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-012-1120-y     Document Type: Article

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