Intravenous contrast medium administration and scan timing at CT: considerations and approaches

KT Bae - Radiology, 2010 - pubs.rsna.org
The continuing advances in computed tomographic (CT) technology in the past decades
have provided ongoing opportunities to improve CT image quality and clinical practice and …

Computed tomography: revolutionizing the practice of medicine for 40 years

GD Rubin - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Computed tomography (CT) has had a profound effect on the practice of medicine. Both the
spectrum of clinical applications and the role that CT has played in enhancing the depth of …

Abdominal helical CT: evaluation of optimal doses of intravenous contrast material—a prospective randomized study

Y Yamashita, Y Komohara, M Takahashi, M Uchida… - Radiology, 2000 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To determine the optimal dose of intravenous contrast material for helical
computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen on the basis of patient weight. MATERIALS …

Effect of contrast material injection duration and rate on aortic peak time and peak enhancement at dynamic CT involving injection protocol with dose tailored to patient …

K Awai, K Hiraishi, S Hori - Radiology, 2004 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of duration and rate of contrast material injection on
aortic peak time and peak enhancement in an injection protocol in which the contrast …

Dual energy CT (DECT) of the liver: conventional versus virtual unenhanced images

CN De Cecco, V Buffa, S Fedeli, M Luzietti, A Vallone… - European …, 2010 - Springer
Objective To compare image quality and noise of conventional unenhanced (CU) and virtual
unenhanced (VU) images in patients who underwent hepatic dual energy computed …

Aortic and hepatic enhancement and tumor-to-liver contrast: analysis of the effect of different concentrations of contrast material at multi–detector row helical CT

K Awai, K Takada, H Onishi, S Hori - Radiology, 2002 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of different iodine concentrations of contrast material on
aortic and hepatic enhancement and the detectability of hypervascular hepatocellular …

Thoracic spiral CT: delivery of contrast material pushed with injectable saline solution in a power injector.

KD Hopper, TJ Mosher, CJ Kasales, TR TenHave… - Radiology, 1997 - pubs.rsna.org
A method of power injection of contrast material pushed with injectable saline solution
during thoracic computed tomography (CT) was evaluated in 75 patients to help decrease …

LI-RADS technical requirements for CT, MRI, and contrast-enhanced ultrasound

AR Kambadakone, A Fung, RT Gupta, TA Hope… - Abdominal …, 2018 - Springer
Accurate detection and characterization of liver observations to enable HCC diagnosis and
staging using LI-RADS requires a technically adequate imaging exam. To help achieve this …

Factors influencing vascular and hepatic enhancement at CT: experimental study on injection protocol using a canine model

JK Han, AY Kim, KY Lee, JB Seo, TK Kim… - Journal of computer …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Purpose The purpose of this work was to evaluate the effects of contrast medium injection
parameters on aortic, portal vein, and hepatic enhancement at spiral CT and to assess …

Multi–detector row helical CT in preoperative assessment of small (≤ 1.5 cm) liver metastases: is thinner collimation better?

MA Haider, MM Amitai, DC Rappaport, ME O'Malley… - Radiology, 2002 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To determine the value of collimations less than 5 mm in detecting hepatic
metastases 1.5 cm or smaller by using multi–detector row helical computed tomography …