Multidetector-row computed tomographic angiography of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms: Comparison of arterial enhancement with 3 different doses of contrast material

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 422-429

  Kubo, Shigeto ^a,b   Tadamura, Eiji ^a   Yamamuro, Masaki ^a   Kanao, Shotaro ^a   Kataoka, Milliam Lika ^a,b   Takahashi, Masaya ^b   Kimura, Takeshi ^a   Kita, Toru ^a   Komeda, Masashi ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Contrast media; Multidetector row computed tomographic angiography; Saline flush

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AORTIC ANEURYSMS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST MATERIAL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MULTI-DETECTORS; MULTIDETECTOR-ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINE FLUSH;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; IOMEPROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

EID: 34249808789     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000237819.64419.d2     Document Type: Article

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