Multidetector CT imaging of pleura: Comparison of two contrast infusion protocols

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1005, 2011, Pages 796-799

  Raj, Vimal ^a   Kirke, R ^a   Bankart, M J ^a   Entwisle, J J ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLEURA; PNEUMONIA; PORTAL VEIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052088849     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/55980445     Document Type: Article

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