Optimizing contrast-enhanced abdominal CT in infants and children using bolus tracking.

1 April 1999

journal article
Published by American Roentgen Ray Society in American Journal of Roentgenology

Vol. 172 (4) , 1007-1013
https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.172.4.10587137

Abstract

Manual administration of IV contrast material results in unpredictable injection rates. Our purpose was to determine the effect of bolus tracking on overall abdominal helical CT scan quality, particularly on hepatic enhancement, in children with manually administered contrast media.

Keywords

CHILDREN
BOLUS TRACKING
CT SCANS
ABDOMINAL HELICAL
HELICAL CT
VENA CAVA
HEPATIC ENHANCEMENT
INJECTION OF CONTRAST

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