Detection of focal liver lesions at biphasic spiral CT: Randomized double-blind study of the effect of iodine concentration in contrast materials

Radiology

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 403-409

  Hänninen, Enrique Lopez ^a   Vogl, Thomas J ^a   Felfe, Rainer ^b   Pegios, Wassilios ^a   Balzer, Jörn ^a   Clauss, Wolfram ^b   Felix, Roland ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aorta, CT; Computed tomography (CT), contrast media; Computed tomography (CT), helical; Contrast media, comparative studies Iodine and iodine compounds; Liver neoplasms; Liver neoplasms, secondary; Liver, CT

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0343517484     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.216.2.r00au03403     Document Type: Article

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