Timing of parenchymal enhancement on dual-phase dynamic helical CT of the liver: How long does the hepatic arterial phase predominate?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1305-1310

  Frederick, M Gena ^a   McElaney, Brian L ^a   Singer, Amy ^a   Park, Kil Sun ^a,b   Paulson, Erik K ^a   McGee, Shaun G ^a   Nelson, Rendon C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION;

EID: 0029943451     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.166.6.8633437     Document Type: Article

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