Improvement of image quality and radiation dose of CT perfusion of the brain by means of low-tube voltage (70 KV)

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1906-1913

  Li, Zhen Lin ^a   Li, Hang ^b   Zhang, Kai ^a   Li, Wang Jiang ^a   Chen, Xian ^a   Wu, Bin ^a   Song, Bin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Dual source CT; Image quality; Low tube voltage; Perfusion; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; READING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; FOLLOW UP; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY;

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84905592938     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3247-1     Document Type: Article

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