Low-dose contrast protocol using the test bolus technique for 64-detector computed tomography coronary angiography

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 457-465

  Nakaura, Takeshi ^a,b   Awai, Kazuo ^a   Yanaga, Yumi ^a   Namimoto, Tomohiro ^a   Utsunomiya, Daisuke ^a   Hirai, Toshinori ^a   Sugiyama, Seigo ^a   Ogawa, Hisao ^a   Aoyama, Masahito ^c   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Amakusa Medical Center   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bolus tracking; Cardiac; Computed tomography; Contrast injection protocol; Test bolus

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052714212     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-011-0579-5     Document Type: Article

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