Effect of contrast medium injection duration on peak enhancement and time to peak enhancement of canine pulmonary arteries

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 605-610

  Makara, Mariano ^a   Dennler, Matthias ^a   Kühn, Karolin ^a   Kalchofner, Karin ^a   Kircher, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angiography; Dynamic CT; Injection duration; Injection rate; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZATION; TIME; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY;

EID: 84861173103     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2011.01850.x     Document Type: Article

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