Multi-detector row CT of the kidney: Optimizing scan delays for bolus tracking techniques of arterial, corticomedullary, and nephrographic phases

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 420-426

  Goshima, Satoshi ^a   Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a   Nishibori, Hironori ^a   Kondo, Hiroshi ^a   Tsuge, Yusuke ^a   Yokoyama, Ryujiro ^a   Miyoshi, Toshiharu ^a   Onozuka, Minoru ^b   Shiratori, Yoshimune ^a   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^c   Bae, Kyongtae T ^d  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast materials; CT; Kidney

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

CONTRAST MATERIALS; KIDNEY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RENAL ARTERY; RENOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RENAL CIRCULATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34548292579     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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