Contrast-enhanced microcomputed tomography using intraperitoneal contrast injection for the assessment of tumor-burden in liver metastasis models

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 488-495

  Graham, Kevin C ^a,b   Detombe, Sarah A ^a,c   MacKenzie, Lisa T ^a   Holdsworth, David W ^a,c   MacDonald, Ian C ^a   Chambers, Ann F ^a,b   Drangova, Maria ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Contrast enhanced; Liver metastasis; Measurement variability; Preclinical cancer imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FENESTRA VC; IOHEXOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IODINATED HYDROCARBON; LIPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LIVER METASTASIS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, IODINATED; IOHEXOL; LIPIDS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50949117739     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e318172f5b5     Document Type: Article

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