Hepatic blood perfusion estimated by dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography in pigs: Limitations of the slope method

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 588-595

  Winterdahl, Michael ^a   Sørensen, Michael ^a   Keiding, Susanne ^a   Mortensen, Frank V ^a   Alstrup, Aage K O ^a   Hansen, Søren B ^a   Munk, Ole L ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

dynamic CT; hepatic artery; liver perfusion; portal vein; slope method

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODIXANOL;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; HEPATIC ARTERY; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOCAPNIA; LIVER PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; SWINE; ULTRASOUND; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 84866310576     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e318260abb3     Document Type: Article

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