Comparison of 2 contrast materials with different iodine concentrations in 3-dimensional computed tomography angiography of the hepatic artery at multi-detector-row computed tomography: A randomized study

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 840-845

  Suzuki, Hiromasa ^a   Shibamoto, Yuta ^a   Oshima, Hidekazu ^a   Takeuchi, Mitsuru ^a   Ito, Masato ^a   Hara, Masaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 dimensional CT angiography; Contrast enhancement; Contrast media; Liver; Multi detector row CT

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IODINE; LIVER;

3-DIMENSIONAL; 3-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST MATERIAL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEPATIC ARTERY; IODINE CONCENTRATION; MULTIDETECTOR ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL EVALUATION;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; IOHEXOL; IOPAMIDOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 36649007292     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/rct.0b013e3180471bc1     Document Type: Article

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