Multi-detector row CT of the head and neck: Comparison of different volumes of contrast material with and without a saline chaser

Neuroradiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 935-942

  Yoon, Dae Young ^a   You, Su Yeon ^a   Choi, Chul Soon ^a   Chang, Suk Ki ^a   Yun, Eun Joo ^a   Seo, Young Lan ^a   Park, Sang Joon ^a   Lee, Yu Jin ^a   Moon, Jeung Hee ^a   Rho, Young Soo ^a   Kim, Jin Hwan ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Contrast enhancement; Contrast media; Multi detector row CT

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECK MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751521223     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0146-4     Document Type: Article

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