Perfusion CT to assess angiogenesis in colon cancer: Technical limitations and practical challenges

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1018, 2012, Pages

  Dighe, S ^a   Castellano, E ^b   Blake, H ^a   Jeyadevan, N ^a   Koh, M U ^b   Orten, M ^c   Swift, I ^a   Brown, Gina ^b  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERFUSION COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; IOHEXOL; MOVEMENT; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PERFUSION IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866866081     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/19855447     Document Type: Article

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