80-kVp CT angiography for endovascular aneurysm repair follow-up with halved contrast medium dose and preserved diagnostic quality

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 279-286

  Lehti, Leena ^a   Nyman, Ulf ^b   Söderberg, Marcus ^a   Rses, Katarina Bjo ^a   Gottsäter, Anders ^a   Lius, Johan Wasse ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Computed tomography (CT); Contrast media; Contrast renal insufficiency; Endovascular procedures; X ray

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD VESSELS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH; IMAGE DENOISING; IMAGE QUALITY; IODINE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REPAIR; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

AORTIC ANEURYSMS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; SUBJECTIVE IMAGE QUALITY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IOHEXOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHIC INJECTOR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE NOISE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANEURYSM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84961746454     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185115577251     Document Type: Article

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