Dual-energy CT head bone and hard plaque removal for quantification of calcified carotid stenosis: utility and comparison with digital subtraction angiography.

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Published in Eur Radiol on March 11, 2009

Authors

Kensuke Uotani1, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Masahiro Higashi, Tetsuro Nakazawa, Atsushi K Kono, Yoshiro Hori, Tetsuya Fukuda, Suzu Kanzaki, Naoaki Yamada, Toshihide Itoh, Kazuro Sugimura, Hiroaki Naito

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan. uota2@med.kobe-u.ac.jp

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