Comparison of enhancement, image quality, cost, and adverse reactions using 2 different contrast medium concentrations for routine chest CT on 16-slice MDCT

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 818-822

  Setty, Bindu N ^a   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a   Ouellette Piazzo, Kathy ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Shepard, Jo Anne O ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIA; COSTS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL TESTS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; IODINE CONCENTRATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MALE-FEMALE RATIO; MEAN AGES; MULTI-DETECTORS; NONIONIC; QUALITY COSTS;

IODINE;

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORAX; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33748535757     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000229999.30897.3b     Document Type: Article

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