Demonstration of enhanced K-edge angiography using a cerium target x-ray generator

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3017-3021

  Sato, Eiichi ^a   Tanaka, Etsuro ^b   Mori, Hidezo ^c   Kawai, Toshiaki ^d   Ichimaru, Toshio ^e   Sato, Shigehiro ^a   Takayama, Kazuyoshi ^f   Ido, Hideaki ^g  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^e HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Attenuation coefficient; X ray source; X ray spectra; X ray tube

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BARIUM SULFATE; BLOOD VESSELS; CERIUM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IODINE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BERYLLIUM WINDOWS; CHARACTERISTIC X RAYS; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; K-EDGE ANGIOGRAPHY; X-RAY SOURCES; X-RAY SPECTRA;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

BARIUM SULFATE; BERYLLIUM; CERIUM; IODINE DERIVATIVE; MICROSPHERE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FILTER; K EDGE ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROCOMPUTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; X RAY TUBE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 9244231786     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1803433     Document Type: Article

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