64-section multidetector CT of the upper abdomen: Optimization of a saline chaser injection protocol for improved vascular and parenchymal contrast enhancement

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1938-1947

  Marin, Daniele ^a,b   Nelson, Rendon C ^a   Guerrisi, Antonino ^b   Barnhart, Huiman ^a   Schindera, Sebastian T ^c   Passariello, Roberto ^b   Catalano, Carlo ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Contrast media; Extravasation of diagnostic and therapeutic material; Injections; Intravenous; Spiral computed; Tomography

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052758849     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2139-x     Document Type: Review

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