Carotid artery and aortic arch imaging with ECG gating in DSA.
New computer software for gated digital subtraction angiography imaging was used to study 57 patients over 3 months. Better mask registration on isolated sets of systolic and diastolic images improved image quality. Detail of vessel outline and lesion was better than that seen on non-gated images.
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003201:Computers; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D011859:Radiography; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D013599:Systole