Comparison of different iodine concentration contrast media in perfusion computed tomography of the brain: Is high iodine concentration useful?

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 564-568

  Kloska, Stephan P ^a   Fischer, Tobias ^a   Nabavi, Darius G ^a   Wessling, Johannes ^a   Dittrich, Ralf ^a   Fischbach, Roman ^a   Seidensticker, Peter ^b   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^a   Heindel, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Computed tomography; Contrast media; Perfusion; X ray

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

EID: 34447319400     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e318042b608     Document Type: Article

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