Use of high-concentration constrast media in multiple-detector-row CT: Principles and rationale

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2003, Pages

  Fleischmann, Dominik ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Constrast media effects; Liver

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IODINATION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; DOSE RESPONSE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0842345513     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (12)

1. Dawson P, Blomley MJ (1996) Contrast agent pharmacokinetics revisited: I. Reformulation. Acad Radiol 3 (Suppl 2):S261-S263
2. Fleischmann D, Hittmair K (1999) Mathematical analysis of arterial enhancement and optimization of bolus geometry for CT angiography using the discrete Fourier transform. J Comput Assist Tomogr 23:474-484
3. Fleischmann D, Rubin GD, Bankier AA, Hittmair K (2000) Improved uniformity of aortic enhancement with customized contrast medium injection protocols at CT angiography. Radiology 214:363-371
4. Bae KT, Heiken JP, Brink JA (1998) Aortic and hepatic contrast medium enhancement at CT. Part I. Prediction with a computer model. Radiology 207:647-655
5. Fleischmann D (2002) Present and future trends in multiple detector-row CT applications: CT angiography. Eur Radiol 12:S11-S16
6. Sheiman RG, Raptopoulos V, Caruso P, Vrachliotis T, Pearlman J (1996) Comparison of tailored and empiric scan delays for CT angiography of the abdomen. Am J Roentgenol 167:725-729
7. Bae KT, Heiken JP, Brink JA (1998) Aortic and hepatic contrast medium enhancement at CT. Part II. Effect of reduced cardiac output in a porcine model. Radiology 207:657-662
8. Hittmair K, Fleischmann D (2001) Accuracy of predicting and controlling time-dependent aortic enhancement from a test bolus injection. J Comput Assist Tomogr 25:287-294
9. Foley WD (2002) Special focus session: multidetector CT abdominal visceral imaging. RadioGraphics 22:701-719
10. Haage P, Schmitz-Rode T, Hubner D, Piroth W, Gunther RW (2000) Reduction of contrast material dose and artifacts by a saline flush using a double power injector in helical CT of the thorax. Am J Roentgenol 174:1049-1053
11. Van Hoe L, Marchal G, Baert AL, Gryspeerdt S, Mertens L (1995) Determination of scan delay-time in spiral CT-angiography: utility of a test bolus injection. J Comput Assist Tomogr 19:216-220
12. Awai K, Takada K, Onishi H, Hori S (2002) Aortic and hepatic enhancement and tumor-to-liver contrast: analysis of the effect of different concentrations of contrast material at multidetector-row helical CT. Radiology 224:757-763