Spiral CT angiography of the renal arteries: Should a scan delay based on a test bolus injection or a fixed scan delay be used to obtain maximum enhancement of the vessels?

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 541-547

  Kaatee, Robert ^a,d   Van Leeuwen, Maarten S ^a   De Lange, Eduard E ^c   Wilting, Janita E ^b   Beek, Frederik J A ^a   Beutler, Jaap J ^a   Mali, Willem P T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BovenIJ Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arteries, renal; Computed tomography, spiral; Contrast media

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; TESTING;

ARTERY, RENAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; MEAN SQUARED ERROR; RENAL ARTERIES; SPIRAL CT; T-TESTS;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031695071     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199807000-00008     Document Type: Article

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