Assessment of Pancreatic CT Enhancement Using a High Concentration of Contrast Material

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 74-79

  Shinagawa, Masaharu ^a   Uchida, Masafumi ^a   Ishibashi, Masatoshi ^a   Nishimura, Hiroshi ^a   Hayabuchi, Naofumi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); High concentration of contrast material; Injection rate; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0344394460     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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