Prediction of maximum hepatic enhancement on computed tomography from dose of contrast material and patient weight: Proposal of a new formula and evaluation of its accuracy

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 75-79

  Takeshita, K ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Contrast media; CT, liver; Liver

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; WEIGHT;

BODY WEIGHT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034992212     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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