Gallbladder disease: Appearance of associated transient increased attenuation in the liver at biphasic, contrast-enhanced dynamic CT

Radiology

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 723-728

  Ito, Katsuyoshi ^a,b   Awaya, Hitomi ^a   Mitchell, Donald G ^b   Honjo, Kazumitsu ^a   Fujita, Takeshi ^a   Uchisako, Hiromichi ^a   Moritani, Kazuko ^c   Nomura, Satoshi ^d   Higuchi, Masao ^d   Kada, Takeshi ^d   Matsumoto, Tsuneo ^a   Matsunaga, Naofumi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Ube Industry Central Hospital   (Japan)

^d Kanmon Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Computed tomography (CT), helical Gallbladder, CT; Liver, CT; Portography; Veins, cystic (gallbladder)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030804105     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.204.3.9280250     Document Type: Article

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