Feasibility of power contrast injections and bolus triggering during CT scans in oncologic patients with totally implantable venous access ports of the forearm

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-47

  Goltz, Jan Peter ^a   Machann, Wolfram ^a   Noack, Claudia ^a   Hahn, Dietbert ^a   Kickuth, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central venous access; Complications; Interventional radiology; Power injections; Totally implantable venous access port

Indexed keywords

ACCESS PORTS; CENTRAL VENOUS ACCESS; COMPLICATIONS; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; POWER INJECTIONS;

CATHETERS; CHEMOTHERAPY; FLOW RATE; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIOLOGY; RATING; TEACHING; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960096609     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2010.100238     Document Type: Article

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