Artifacts in dual-energy CT gout protocol: A review of 50 suspected cases with an artifact identification guide

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mallinson, Paul Ian ^a   Coupal, Tyler ^b   Reisinger, Clemens ^a   Chou, Hong ^a   Munk, Peter Loren ^a   Nicolaou, Savvas ^a   Ouellette, Hugue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artifact; Artifact reduction; Dual energy CT; Gout; Urate

Indexed keywords

URATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL-ENERGY CT; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACT; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; DUAL-ENERGY CT; GOUT; URATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84906098734     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.11396     Document Type: Review

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