Determination of optimal timing window for pulmonary artery MDCT angiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-317

  Lee, Chang Hyun ^a   Goo, Jin Mo ^a   Lee, Hyun Ju ^a   Kim, Kwang Gi ^a   Im, Jung Gi ^a   Bae, Kyongtae T ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Chest; Contrast media; CT; CT technique

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846591442     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0078     Document Type: Article

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