80-kV pulmonary CT angiography with 40 mL of iodinated contrast material in lean patients: Comparison of vascular enhancement with iodixanol (320 mg I/mL)and iomeprol (400 mg I/mL)

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1220-1225

  Faggioni, Lorenzo ^a   Neri, Emanuele ^a   Sbragia, Paola ^a   Pascale, Rachele ^a   D'Errico, Luigia ^a   Caramella, Davide ^a   Bartolozzi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Iodinated contrast medium; Low kilovoltage CT; Pulmonary CT angiography; Pulmonary embolism; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODIXANOL; IOMEPROL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOPAMIDOL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THINNESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 84870921136     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.8122     Document Type: Article

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