Low-tube-voltage (80 kVp) CT aortography using 320-row volume CT with adaptive iterative reconstruction: Lower contrast medium and radiation dose

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 460-468

  Chen, Chien Ming ^a   Chu, Sung Yu ^a   Hsu, Ming Yi ^a   Liao, Ying Lan ^b   Tsai, Hui Yu ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Contrast media; Radiation dosage; Radiographic image enhancement; Volume computed tomography

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AORTOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTOGRAPHY; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84893252259     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-3027-3     Document Type: Article

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