Detection of mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes by 16-row MDCT: Is contrast material needed?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-291

  Takahashi, Masashi ^a   Nitta, Norihisa ^a   Takazakura, Ryutaro ^a   Nagatani, Yukihiro ^a   Ushio, Noritoshi ^a   Murata, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compuer applications 3D; Contrast agents intravenous; CT; Mediastinum neoplasms primary; Staging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOLOGY;

CONTRAST AGENTS INTRAVENOUS; MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODES; MEDIASTINUM NEOPLASMS; STAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

IOHEXOL; IOPAMIDOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; IOPAMIDOL; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43049106493     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.05.028     Document Type: Article

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