Contrast Enhancement in Chest Multidetector Computed Tomography. Intraindividual Comparison of 300 mg/ml versus 400 mg/ml Iodinated Contrast Medium

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-149

  Behrendt, Florian F ^a   Plumhans, Cedric ^a   Keil, Sebastian ^a   Mühlenbruch, Georg ^a   Das, Marco ^a   Seidensticker, Peter ^b   Mutscher, Christina ^a   Günther, Rolf W ^a   Mahnken, Andreas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

contrast medium; CT; intraindividual comparison; iodine concentration

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATTENUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; THORAX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58049205555     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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