A prospective study comparing different iodine concentrations for triphasic multidetector row CT of the upper abdomen

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-99

  Sandstede, Joern J W ^a,b   Werner, Alexander ^a   Kaupert, Christine ^a   Roth, Anne ^a   Jenett, Manfred ^a   Harz, Cornelia ^c   Hahn, Dietbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Roentgenzentrum Schaeferkampsallee/Hamburg   (Germany)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Liver CT; Pancreas CT; Spleen CT

Indexed keywords

IODINE CONCENTRATIONS; LIVER CT; PANCREAS CT; SPLEEN CT;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOLOGY;

IODINE;

IODINE; IOPROMIDE;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PANCREAS SCINTISCANNING; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748714937     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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