Oncologic applications of dual- energy CT in the abdomen

Radiographics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 589-612

  Agrawal, Mukta D ^a   Pinho, Daniella F ^a   Kulkarni, Naveen M ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Guimaraes, Alexander R ^a   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS; VISCERA;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IODINE COMPOUNDS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS; VISCERA;

EID: 84900396455     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.343135041     Document Type: Article

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