CT Angiography: Injection and Acquisition Technique

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-247

  Fleischmann, Dominik ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Contrast medium enhancement; CT angiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG RESPONSE; HEART OUTPUT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954728213     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2010.02.002     Document Type: Review

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