Dual-energy CT angiography of the lungs: Comparison of test bolus and bolus tracking techniques for the determination of scan delay

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 132-138

  Henzler, Thomas ^a   Meyer, Mathias ^a   Reichert, Miriam ^a   Krissak, Radko ^a   Nance Jr , John W ^a   Haneder, Stefan ^a   Schoenberg, Stefan O ^a   Fink, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bolus tracking; Contrast agent administration; Dual energy CT; Pulmonary embolism; Test bolus

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BOLUS TRACKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; TEST BOLUS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LUNG; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84855542300     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.06.023     Document Type: Article

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