Usefulness of a saline flush for intravenous 3-dimensional computed tomography portography using multidetector-row helical computed tomography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 780-785

  Matoba, Munetaka ^a   Kondou, Tamaki ^a   Yokota, Hajime ^a   Higashi, Kotaro ^a   Tonami, Hisao ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Liver; Portal vein; Techniques

Indexed keywords

LIVER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

2-GROUP; 3-DIMENSIONAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; IMAGING QUALITY; LIVER METASTASIS; MAXIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTION; MULTI-DETECTORS; PORTAL VEINS; TECHNIQUE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 28044455855     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000184643.27045.87     Document Type: Article

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