Two-phase helical CT for pancreatic tumors: Pancreatic versus hepatic phase enhancement of tumor, pancreas, and vascular structures

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 697-701

  Lu, David S K ^a   Vedantham, Suresh ^a   Krasny, Robert M ^a   Kadell, Barbara ^a   Berger, Wendy L ^a   Reber, Howard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries, mesenteric; Computed tomography (CT), helical; Computed tomograpy (CT), contrast enhancement; Liver, CT; Pancreas, CT; Pancreas, neoplasms; Veins, mesenteric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0029887128     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.3.8637990     Document Type: Article

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