Multiphase contrast-enhanced CT of the liver with a multislice CT scanner

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1085-1094

  Itoh, Shigeki ^a   Ikeda, Mitsuru ^b   Achiwa, Masataka ^b   Ota, Toyohiro ^c   Satake, Hiroko ^c   Ishigaki, Takeo ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Contrast enhancement; CT; Helical CT; Liver; Portal vein

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJECTION; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0038080211     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1607-8     Document Type: Article

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