Evaluation of low-dose CT angiography with model-based iterative reconstruction after endovascular aneurysm repair of a thoracic or abdominal aortic aneurysm

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 648-655

  Hansen, Neil J ^a,b   Kaza, Ravi K ^b   Maturen, Katherine E ^b   Liu, Peter S ^b   Platt, Joel F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Endograft; Endoleak; Iterative reconstruction; Model based iterative reconstruction (MBIR); Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LOW DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL BASED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AORTIC ANEURYSM; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896705815     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.11286     Document Type: Article

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