Contrast ultrasonography of the normal small bowel

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1335-1340

  Pallotta, Nadia ^a   Baccini, Flavia ^a   Corazziari, Enrico ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Oral contrast agents; Small bowel; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE WALL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; THICKNESS;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROLYTES; GASTROENTEROLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

CONTRAST ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032586107     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00103-9     Document Type: Article

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