CT angiography of the head-and-neck vessels acquired with low tube voltage, low iodine, and iterative image reconstruction: Clinical evaluation of radiation dose and image quality

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Wei Lan ^a   Li, Min ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Geng, Hai Yang ^a   Liang, Yin Qiang ^a   Xu, Ke ^a   Li, Song Bai ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IODIXANOL; IOVERSOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84891947229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081486     Document Type: Article

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