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Although it is generally agreed that intravenous administration of contrast media is necessary for imaging hepatic lesions and that bolus infusion is preferable to drip infusion, a consensus is lacking about the optimal injection protocol. Issues that remain unresolved during hepatic contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) include the total volume of contrast material necessary, the rate of injection of contrast material, whether the bolus should be uniphasic or biphasic, and the optimal delay between the onset of injection of contrast material and the beginning of imaging [1, 2].
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Choi, B.I., Han, J.K. (1996). Contrast Enhancement in Hepatic Computed Tomography. In: Vogl, T.J., Clauß, W., Li, GZ., Yeon, K.M. (eds) Computed Tomography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79887-0_29
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