Multidetector CT Angiography Using a Dual-Head Power Injector and Bolus Tracking for the Diagnosis of Aortic Aneurysms at Reduced Contrast Material Dosage

Academic Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 694-700

  Hirai, Nobuhiko ^a   Imakita, Satoshi ^b   Tanaka, Ryoichi ^b   Higashi, Masahiro ^b   Nishino, Toshihiro ^b   Naito, Hiroaki ^b   Ito, Katsuhide ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c Division of Medical Intelligence and Informatics   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Computed tomography; Contrast material; Dualhead power injector; Multidetector row CT; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DEVICE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IOHEXOL; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33646490857     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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