Reduced radiation dose and improved image quality at cardiovascular CT angiography by automated attenuation-based tube voltage selection: intra-individual comparison

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2677-2684

  Krazinski, Aleksander W ^a   Meinel, Felix G ^a,b   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a   Silverman, Justin R ^a   Canstein, Christian ^c   De Cecco, Carlo N ^a,d   Geyer, Lucas L ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aorta; Cardiac CT; CT angiography; Radiation dose; Tube potential

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84927124607     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3312-9     Document Type: Article

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