Triphasic contrast injection improves evaluation of dual energy lung perfusion in pulmonary CT angiography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kerl, J Matthias ^a   Bauer, Ralf W ^a   Renker, Matthias ^a   Weber, Eva ^a   Weisser, Philipp ^a   Korkusuz, Huedayi ^a   Schell, Boris ^a   Larson, Maya Christina ^a   Kromen, Wolfgang ^a   Jacobi, Volkmar ^a   Vogl, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast injection protocol; Dual energy CT; Perfusion analysis; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; IOPAMIDOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC ARTERIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80755161407     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.09.030     Document Type: Article

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