Time-course characterization of the computed tomography contrast enhancement of an iodinated blood-pool contrast agent in mice using a volumetric flat-panel equipped computed tomography scanner

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 384-390

  Ford, Nancy L ^a,b   Graham, Kevin C ^b,c   Groom, Alan C ^b   MacDonald, Ian C ^b   Chambers, Ann F ^b,c   Holdsworth, David W ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pool contrast agent; Contrast enhancement; In vivo imaging; Micro computed tomography; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IODINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPLEEN; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; IMAGE QUALITY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; IODINE COMPOUNDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISCERA;

EID: 33746459021     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000197981.66537.48     Document Type: Article

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