Preoperative imaging of biliary tract cancers

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 865-876

  Szklaruk, Janio ^a   Tamm, Eric ^a   Charnsangavej, Chusilp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT CANCER; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER SLICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036813041     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-3207(02)00032-7     Document Type: Review

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