Multiphase contrast-enhanced CT of the liver with a multislice CT scanner: Effects of iodine concentration and delivery rate

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-69

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

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Computed tomography (CT); Contrast material; Helical; Liver

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOMEPROL; SIGNA HORIZON LX;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; IOPAMIDOL; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 15744394375     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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