Automated subtraction CT angiography for visualization of the whole brain vasculature: A feasibility study

Academic Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1009-1014

  Li, Qi ^a   Lv, Fajin ^a   Wei, Youdong ^a   Luo, Tianyou ^a   Xie, Peng ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bone subtraction; Brain vasculature; CT angiography; Single source CT

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; X RAY TUBE;

BONE SUBTRACTION; BRAIN VASCULATURE; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; SINGLE SOURCE CT;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84880047062     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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