Porcine ex vivo liver phantom for dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography: Development and initial results

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 586-593

  Thompson, Scott M ^a   Ramirez Giraldo, Juan C ^b   Knudsen, Bruce ^b   Grande, Joseph P ^b   Christner, Jodie A ^a   Xu, Man ^a   Woodrum, David A ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a   Callstrom, Matthew R ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

biologic phantom; computed tomography; perfusion imaging; porcine

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EX VIVO STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GALLBLADDER; HEPATIC ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE PERFUSION;

EID: 80051794500     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31821c0e84     Document Type: Article

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