Effect of contrast medium dose and image acquisition timing on ureteral opacification in the normal dog as assessed by computed tomography

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 524-527

  Barthez, Paul Y ^a   Begon, Dominique ^b   Delisle, Françoise ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dog; Excretory urography; Ureter

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; MEGLUMINE IOTALAMATE; MEGLUMINE IOXITALAMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOG; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; URETER; UROGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IOTHALAMATE MEGLUMINE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETER; URINARY BLADDER; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0032200593     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1998.tb01643.x     Document Type: Article

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