Aorto-peripheral MDCT angiography: Implications for contrast medium delivery

Imaging Decisions MRI

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 8-12

  Wildberger, J E ^a,c   Mahnken, A H ^a   Seidensticker, P R ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^c HELIOS KLINIKUM BERLIN BUCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Computed tomography; Contrast injection; Contrast medium; CT angiography; Iodine delivery rate

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODIXANOL; IOHEXOL; IOMEPROL; IOPROMIDE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 38349168481     PISSN: 14333317     EISSN: 16170830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1617-0830.2007.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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