Image quality in CT perfusion imaging of the brain

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-47

  König, Matthias ^a   Bültmann, Eva ^a   Bode Schnurbus, Lucas ^a   Koenen, Dirk ^a   Mielke, Eckhart ^a   Heuser, Lothar ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Contrast media; Perfusion; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846043899     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0277-3     Document Type: Article

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