Multi-detector row CT: Is prospective electrocardiographic triggering improving the detection of small pulmonary tumors?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 614-619

  Pauls, Sandra ^a   Aschoff, Andrik J ^a   Wahl, Juliane ^a   Brambs, Hans Jürgen ^a   Fleiter, Thorsten R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b University Hospitals of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

ECG; Multi detector row CT; Pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE;

EID: 18044363445     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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