The lobular architecture of the normal human pancreas: A computer- assisted three-dimensional reconstruction study

Pancreas

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-52

  Watanabe, Tadashi ^a,b   Yaegashi, Hiroshi ^a   Koizumi, Masaru ^b   Toyota, Takayoshi ^b   Takahashi, Tohru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interlobular septa; Pancreatic duct; Pancreatic lobule; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0030657709     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199707000-00007     Document Type: Article

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