Imaging of the liver with helical CT: A survey of scanning techniques

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-152

  Silverman, Paul M ^a   Kohan, Lynn ^b   Ducic, Ivan ^a   Javadi, Sahar ^b   Meyer, Carl ^c   Sharma, Niraj ^b   Cooper, Cirrelda ^a   Zeman, Robert K ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031936748     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.1.9423622     Document Type: Article

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