Effect of injection rate of contrast material on CT of hepatocellular carcinoma

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1413-1418

  Ichikawa, Tomoaki ^a   Nakajima, Hiroto ^a   Nanbu, Atsushi ^a   Hori, Masaaki ^a   Araki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Contrast media; CT; Liver disease; MDCT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJECTION; INJECTION RATE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745527142     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.0310     Document Type: Article

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