How should we optimize bolus tracking with multidetector CT of the abdomen?

Radiology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 643-

  Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a   Goshima, Satoshi ^a   Kondo, Hiroshi ^a   Bae, Kyongtae T ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IOPAMIDOL;

ABDOMEN; CIRCULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; LETTER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IOPAMIDOL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39549119980     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2462070814     Document Type: Letter

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