Three-dimensional CT venography of varicose veins of the lower extremity: Image quality and comparison with Doppler sonography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1186-1191

  Lee, Whal ^a   Chung, Jin Wook ^a   Yong, Hu Yin ^a   Hwan, Jun Jae ^a   Sang, Joon Kim ^a   Ha, Jongwon ^a   Jae, Hyung Park ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3D image; CT; CT venography; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IOHEXOL; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 53249119621     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3471     Document Type: Article

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