Thoracoabdominal-aortoiliac MDCT angiography using reduced dose of contrast material

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 548-554

  Kubo, Shigeto ^a,b   Tadamura, Eiji ^a   Yamamuro, Masaki ^a   Hosokawa, Ryohei ^a,c   Kimura, Takeshi ^a   Kita, Toru ^a   Komeda, Masashi ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular imaging; Contrast media; MDCT angiography; Saline flush

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; IOMEPROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORACOABDOMINAL AORTA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746598579     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0309     Document Type: Article

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