Cerebral bone subtraction CT angiography using 80 kVp and sinogram-affirmed iterative reconstruction: contrast medium and radiation dose reduction with improvement of image quality.
Yasunori NagayamaTakeshi NakauraAkinori TsujiJoji UrataMitsuhiro FurusawaHideaki YukiKenichiro HirartaSeitaro OdaMasafumi KidohDaisuke UtsunomiyaYasuyuki YamashitaPublished in: Neuroradiology (2017)
The 80-kVp acquisition with SAFIRE yields better image quality for BSCTA and substantial reduction in the radiation and CM dose compared to the 120-kVp with FBP protocol.