Tools of the Trade for CTA: MDCT Scanners and Contrast Medium Injection Protocols

Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 134-142

  Hallett, Richard L ^a,b   Fleischmann, Dominik ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Northwest Radiology Network   (United States)

Author keywords

contrast medium administration; CT angiography; CT scanner technology; CTA scan protocols

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547879650     PISSN: 10892516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tvir.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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