High-concentration contrast media in multiphasic abdominal multidetector-row computed tomography: Effect of increased iodine flow rate on parenchymal and vascular enhancement

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 582-587

  Schoellnast, Helmut ^a   Brader, Peter ^a   Oberdabernig, Barbara ^a   Pisail, Borjana ^a   Deutschmann, Hannes A ^a   Fritz, Gerald A ^a   Schaffler, Gottfried ^a   Tillich, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Diagnostikum Graz Sued West   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abdominal multidetector row computed tomography; Iodine flow rate; Parenchymal enhancement; Vascular enhancement

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CONTRAST MEDIA; IODINE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL MULTIDETECTOR-ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; INFERIOR VENA CAVA; IODINE FLOW RATE; MULTIDETECTOR ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARENCHYMAL ENHANCEMENT; PORTAL VEINS; VASCULAR ENHANCEMENT;

FLOW RATE;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PANCREAS BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 25844494373     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000175502.79954.96     Document Type: Article

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