Takayasu arteritis: Evaluation of the thoracic aorta with CT angiography

Radiology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-109

  Yamada, Ichiro ^a   Nakagawa, Tsuneaki ^a   Himeno, Yoshiro ^a   Numano, Fujio ^a   Shibuya, Hitoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta, CT; Aorta, diseases; Aortitis; Computed tomography (CT), angiography; Takayasu arteritis

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031686511     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.209.1.9769819     Document Type: Article

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