Optimizing scan timing of hepatic arterial phase by physiologic pharmacokinetic analysis in bolus-tracking technique by multi-detector row computed tomography

Radiological Physics and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-52

  Yamaguchi, Isao ^d   Kidoya, Eiji ^a   Suzuki, Masayuki ^b   Kimura, Hirohiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Contrast medium; Dynamic contrast enhanced CT (DCE CT); Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); Multi detector row CT (MDCT); Time enhancement curve (TEC)

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG ACCUMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER EXAMINATION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHARMACOKINETICS; PORTAL SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79251649356     PISSN: 18650333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12194-010-0105-y     Document Type: Article

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