Sixty-four-multidetector-row computed tomography angiography with bolus tracking to time arterial-phase imaging in healthy liver: Is there a correlation between quantitative and qualitative scores?

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 883-891

  Osimani, Marcello ^a   Rengo, Marco ^a   Paolantonio, Pasquale ^a   Ferrari, Riccardo ^a   De Cecco, Carlo Nicola ^a   Bellini, Davide ^a   MacEroni, Marco Maria ^a   Laghi, Andrea ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

arterial phase; bolus tracking; liver 64 MDCT; liver angiography; quantitative and qualitative scores

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTERIAL PHASE; BOLUS TRACKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; LIVER 64-MDCT; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERFORMANCE; PHASE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE SCORE;

ANGIOGRAPHY;

IOBITRIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 78650489698     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181dd80c8     Document Type: Article

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