Protocol modifications for CT perfusion (CTp) examinations of abdomen-pelvic tumors: Impact on radiation dose and data processing time

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1293-1300

  Kambadakone, Avinash R ^a   Sharma, Ashish ^a   Catalano, Onofrio A ^a,b   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominopelvic tumors; CTperfusion; Protocol; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PERFUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECTUM TUMOR; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959272338     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-2048-4     Document Type: Article

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