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. 2022 Oct 21;8(5):2618–2638. doi: 10.3390/tomography8050219
AAA abdominal aortic aneurysm
AAPM American Association of Physicists in Medicine
ACHD adult congenital heart disease
ACR American College of Radiology
ACTM automatic tube current modulation
AI artificial intelligence
AIS acute ischemic stroke
AiCE Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine
ALARA as low as reasonably achievable
ASIR adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction
ASL arterial spin labeling
BEIR Biologic Effects of Ionizing Radiation
CAD coronary artery disease
CaSc calcium score
CCTA coronary computed tomography angiography
CEUS contrast-enhanced ultrasound
CE-MRA contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography
cm centimeter
CMR cardiac magnetic resonance
CMRA cardiac magnetic resonance angiography
CNN convolutional neural networks
CS TOF-MRA compressed sensing time of flight magnetic resonance angiography
CT computed tomography
CTA computed tomography angiography
CTDIvol Computed Tomography Dose Index Volume
CTEPH chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
DECT dual-energy computed tomography
DL deep learning
DLIR deep learning image reconstruction
DLP dose length product
DSCT dual-source computed tomography
DWI diffusion weighted imaging
DUS duplex ultrasound
ECG electrocardiogram
ECTCM electrocardiogram-controlled tube current modulation
ED emergency department
EMT endovascular mechanical thrombectomy
FBP filtered back projection
FPS frames per second
FSD flow-sensitive dephasing
ICH intracranial hemorrhage
ICRP International Commission on Radiological Protection
ICU intensive care unit
IFDIR-MRA inflow-dependent inversion recovery magnetic resonance angiography
IR iterative reconstruction
keV kiloelectronvolt
LCS lung cancer screening
LDCT low dose computed tomography
mGy milligray
mL milliliter
MRI magnetic resonance imaging
MRA magnetic resonance angiography
mSv millisievert
NC-MRA non-contrast magnetic resonance angiography
NCRP National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
NDCT normal dose computed tomography
PCI percutaneous coronary intervention
PE pulmonary embolus
PETRA-MRA pointwise encoding time reduction magnetic resonance angiography
QISS quiescent-interval slice-selective
SNR signal to noise ratio
T Tesla
TOF time of flight
TOF-MRA time of flight magnetic resonance angiography
TTE transthoracic echocardiography
V/Q ventilation/profusion
VLFF very low frame rate fluoroscopy
VMI virtual monoenergetic images
WT tissue weighting factor
zTE-MRA zero echo time magnetic resonance angiography