Gas at abdominal US: Appearance, relevance, and analysis of artifacts

Radiology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-123

  Wilson, Stephanie R ^a,b   Burns, Peter N ^a   Wilkinson, Lana M ^a   Simpson, David Hope ^a   Muradali, Derek ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract, US; Intestines, cysts; Ultrasound (US), artifact; Ultrasound (US), experimental

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0032899288     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.210.1.r99ja12113     Document Type: Article

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