Metal artefact reduction from dental hardware in carotid CT angiography using iterative reconstructions

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2687-2694

  Morsbach, Fabian ^a   Wurnig, Moritz ^a   Kunz, Daniel M ^a   Krauss, Andreas ^b   Schmidt, Bernhard ^b   Kollias, Spyros S ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid angiography; Computed tomography angiography; Dental implants; Internal carotid artery; Metal artefact reduction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL ARTIFACT REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DENTAL IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84884819320     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2885-z     Document Type: Article

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