Lowering radiation exposure in CT angiography using automated tube potential selection and optimized iodine delivery rate

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Schwarz, Florian ^a   Grandl, Katharina ^a   Arnoldi, Andreas ^a   Kirchin, Miles A ^b   Bamberg, Fabian ^a,c   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Becker, Christoph R ^a,c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Bracco Imaging SpA   (Italy)

^c Munich Heart Alliance   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast material; CT angiography; High pitch CT angiography; Iodine delivery rate; Radiation dose reduction

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOPAMIDOL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AUTOMATED TUBE POTENTIAL SELECTION; AUTOMATION; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DOSE LENGTH PRODUCT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA; TUBE CURRENT EXPOSURE TIME PRODUCT; TUBE POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880929321     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9635     Document Type: Article

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