Multi-detector row helical CT in preoperative assessment of small (≤1.5 cm) liver metastases: Is thinner collimation better?

Radiology

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 137-142

  Haider, Masoom A ^a   Amitai, Marianne M ^a   Rappaport, Daniel C ^a   O'Malley, Martin E ^a   Hanbidge, Anthony E ^a   Redston, Mark ^a   Lockwood, Gina A ^a   Gallinger, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); CT; Helical; Liver; Liver neoplasms; Metastases; Surgery

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MULTI DETECTOR ROW HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036787351     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2251011225     Document Type: Article

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