Evaluation of the pancreas: A comparison of single thick-slice MR cholangiopancreatography with multiple thin-slice volume reconstruction MR cholangiopancreatography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1519-1526

  Masui, Takayuki ^a,b   Takehara, Yasuo ^c   Ichijo, Katsutoshi ^a   Naito, Masaaki ^a   Watahiki, Hajime ^a   Kaneko, Masao ^c   Nozaki, Atsushi ^d   Sun, Yi ^e  

^a Seirei Mikatabara General Hospital   (Japan)

^b SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d GE Yokogawa Medical Systems   (Japan)

^e GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VATER PAPILLA;

EID: 0032745454     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.6.10584795     Document Type: Article

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