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Contrast Media Injection Protocols in CT Coronary Angiography

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Many parameters influence attenuation patterns and the overall image quality in CCTA. A thorough understanding of the underlying principles and their interaction is necessary to provide the full picture on the interplay of the various CM aspects, scanner-related factors as well as patient-related aspects. The ultimate goal is to create a personalized CM injection protocol, where all these parameters are tailored individually in order to provide adequate diagnostic attenuation values and image quality.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Casper Mihl, Madeleine Kok, Joachim E. Wildberger & Marco Das

  2. CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Casper Mihl, Madeleine Kok, Joachim E. Wildberger & Marco Das

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Mihl, C., Kok, M., Wildberger, J.E., Das, M. (2019). Contrast Media Injection Protocols in CT Coronary Angiography. In: Schoepf, U. (eds) CT of the Heart. Contemporary Medical Imaging. Humana, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-237-7_10

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