Usefulness of saline pushing in reduction of contrast material dose in adbominal CT: Evaluation of time-density curve for the aorta, portal vein and liver

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 952, 2007, Pages 231-234

  Tatsugami, Fuminari ^a   Matsuki, M ^a   Inada, Y ^a   Nakai, G ^a   Tanikake, M ^a   Yoshikawa, S ^a   Narabayashi, I ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOMEPROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34347376161     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/60407135     Document Type: Article

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