Functional cardiac CT imaging: A new contrast application strategy for a better visualization of the cardiac chambers

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 392-397

  Wuest, Wolfgang ^a   Zunker, Christian ^a   Anders, Katharina ^a   Ropers, Dieter ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Bautz, Werner ^a   Kuettner, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Contrast; Functional analysis; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC CHAMBERS; CARDIAC CT; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; CONTRAST; CONTROL GROUPS; CORONARY ARTERIES; DATA SETS; DUAL FLOWS; MEAN DENSITIES; NEW PROTOCOLS; RIGHT AND LEFTS; RIGHT VENTRICLE; RIGHT VENTRICLES; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES; STANDARD PROCEDURES; STUDY GROUPS;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 56349132237     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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