Increasing contrast agent concentration improves enhancement in first-pass CT perfusion

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1299-1303

  Silvennoinen, Heli M ^a   Hamberg, L M ^b   Valanne, L ^a   Hunter, G J ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUTAMEN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IOHEXOL; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; PERFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548150139     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0574     Document Type: Article

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