Triphasic contrast bolus for whole-chest ECG-gated 64-MDCT of patients with nonspecific chest pain: Evaluation of arterial enhancement and streak artifact

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Mitsumori, Lee M ^a   Wang, Eric ^a   May, Janet M ^a   Lockhart, David W ^a   Branch, Kelley R ^a   Dubinsky, Theodore J ^a   Shuman, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular imaging; Chest pain; Contrast enhancement; Coronary ct angiography; Emergency radiology; MDCT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTIFACTS; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 77749301818     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2788     Document Type: Article

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