A 45-second CT perfusion protocol for rectal cancers may not be adequate to infer vascular permeability-surface area products [3]

Radiology

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 755-756

  Kalra, Mannudeep K ^a   Small, William C ^a   Torres, William E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERFUSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SCANNING ACQUISITION TIME; TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR PERMEABILITY SURFACE AREA PRODUCT;

HUMANS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31144452463     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2382050853     Document Type: Letter

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