Cranial CT revisited: Do we really need contrast enhancement?

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1447-1451

  Demaerel, Ph ^a   Buelens, C ^a   Wilms, G ^a   Baert, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain; Contrast; CT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOHEXOL; IOPROMIDE; IOTALAMIC ACID; IOXITALAMIC ACID; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IOHEXOL; IOTHALAMIC ACID; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032238963     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050572     Document Type: Article

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