Biphasic spiral CT of the liver: Automatic bolus tracking or time delay?

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 427-431

  Mehnert, F ^a   Pereira, P L ^a   Trubenbach J ^a   Kopp, A F ^a   Claussen, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biphasic; Bolus tracking; CT; Helical CT; Liver CT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOANALYZER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOHEXOL; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034884814     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300000633     Document Type: Article

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