Effects of right- versus left-arm injections of contrast material on computed tomography of the head and neck

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 677-681

  You, Su Yeon ^a   Yoon, Dae Young ^a   Choi, Chul Soon ^a   Chang, Suk Ki ^a   Yun, Eun Joo ^a   Seo, Young Lan ^a   Lee, Yu Jin ^a   Moon, Jeung Hee ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Computed tomography; Contrast media; Perivenous artifact

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY;

2-GROUP; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVES STUDIES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MATERIAL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEAD AND NECK; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEINS; PEAK ATTENUATION; PERIVENOUS ARTIFACT;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN;

EID: 34748824211     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318038d8fb     Document Type: Article

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