OBJECTIVE Reports of fatality following carbon dioxide digital subtraction angiography (CO2-DSA) have raised concerns regarding its safety. This study reviews the safety of CO2-DSA. DESIGN Single-institution retrospective review. SETTING Tertiary care teaching hospital in Los Angeles, California. PATIENTS A total of 951 patients who underwent 1007 CO2-DSA procedures during a 21-year perio...

This paper describes a system for sub-pixel registration of mask and opacified digital X-ray images so that the mask image can be accurately subtracted out from the opacified image. Our technique results in digital subtraction angiograms (DSAs) with fewer artifacts and better contrast.

Iohexol is a nonionic water-soluble iodinated contrast medium with chemical and physical properties similar to those of metrizamide. A randomized double-blind study was performed in 40 patients undergoing intravenous digital subtraction angiography for suspected carotid and vertebral disease to compare the radiographic imaging quality and side effects of iohexol with those of Renografin-76 (dia...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Color has been shown to facilitate both visual search and recognition tasks. It was our purpose to examine the impact of a color-coding algorithm on the interpretation of 2D-DSA acquisitions by experienced and inexperienced observers. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-six 2D-DSA acquisitions obtained as part of routine clinical care from subjects with a variety of cerebrovas...

Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) with stereoscopic imaging was performed in 40 patients for evaluation of a variety of cerebrospinal disorders. It was facilitated by a C-arm mounted x-ray tube and imaging chain with 7 degrees angulation between image pairs. Stereoscopic digital imaging proved particularly useful in the preoperative assessment of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, and ...

Eighteen digital subtraction angiography (DSA) examinations were retrospectively evaluated for factors that led to their erroneous interpretation. Overlapping vessels obscured pathologic conditions in five cases. In four cases the lesions were not adequately profiled by the DSA projections. Eight lesions were rendered inconspicuous by misregistration artifacts attributable to motion, either fro...

Temporal/energy (hybrid) subtraction is a technique for removing soft-tissue motion artifact from digital subtraction angiograms. The diagnostic utility of hybrid subtraction for i.v. and intraarterial angiography was assessed in the first 9 months of operation of a dedicated production system. In i.v. carotid arteriography (N = 127), hybrid subtraction (H) provided a double-profile projection ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Pediatric head and neck lesions can be difficult to characterize on clinical grounds alone. We investigated the use of dynamic MR digital subtraction angiography as a noninvasive adjunct for the assessment of the vascularity of these abnormalities. METHODS Twelve patients (age range, 2 days to 16 years) with known or suspected vascular abnormalities were studied. Routin...

BACKGROUND In order to declare the preoperative diagnostic value of brain aneurysms, two radiological modalities, computed tomographic angiography and digital subtraction angiography were compared. METHODS In this descriptive analytic study, diagnostic value of computed tomographic angiography (CTA) was compared with digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Sensitivity, specificity, positive an...