Optimization of perfusion CT protocol for imaging of extracranial head and neck tumors

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 437-448

  Bisdas, Sotirios ^a   Foo, Chuan Zhi ^b   Thng, Choon Hua ^b   Vogl, Thomas J ^a   Koh, Tong San ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Blood volume; Head and neck; Perfusion CT; Permeability surface area product

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VOLUME; HEAD AND NECK; PERFUSION CT; PERMEABILITY SURFACE-AREA PRODUCT;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; ONCOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; TUMORS;

BLOOD;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349289965     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-008-9122-3     Document Type: Article

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