Optimization of contrast material delivery for dual-energy computed tomography pulmonary angiography in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-84

  Nance, John W ^a,b   Henzler, Thomas ^c   Meyer, Mathias ^c   Apfaltrer, Paul ^c   Braunagel, Margarita ^c   Krissak, Radko ^c   Schoepf, Uwe J ^a   Schoenberg, Stefan O ^c   Fink, Christian ^c  

^a John Hopkins Medical Institutions   (United States)

^b University Family Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dual energy CT; Iodine delivery rate; Pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary perfusion

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 84055192865     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31821a2142     Document Type: Article

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