Sixteen-detector row CT angiography of carotid arteries: Comparison of different volumes of contrast material with and without a bolus chaser

Radiology

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 555-562

  De Monyé, Cécile ^a   Cademartiri, Filippo ^a   De Weert, Thomas T ^a   Siepman, Dorine A M ^a   Dippel, Diederik W J ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODIXANOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATTENUATION; BOLUS INJECTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 27144471343     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2372040653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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