Arterial versus portal venous helical CT for revealing pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Conspicuity of tumor and critical vascular anatomy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-123

  Graf, Oswald ^a   Boland, Giles W ^a   Warshaw, Andrew L ^a   Fernandez del Castillo, Carlos ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0030804884     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.169.1.9207510     Document Type: Article

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