Multidetector multiphase contrast-enhanced liver CT: Prospective study comparing two contrast material injection rates on vascular and liver parenchyma enhancement in patients with varied cirrhotic status

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 368-371

  Alimenti, Alessandro ^a   Spahr, Laurent ^a   Loubeyre, Pierre ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angiography; Arteries; Bronchial; Computed tomography (CT); Hemorrhage; Lung

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; LIVER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTERY; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; HAEMORRAGE; LUNG; MULTI-DETECTORS; MULTIPHASES; PORTAL VEINS;

ANTHROPOMETRY;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; IOPAMIDOL; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; AUTOMATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 33745248062     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200605000-00004     Document Type: Article

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