Virtual CT cholangiography in patients with choledocholithiasis

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 536-544

  Maniatis, P ^a   Triantopoulou, C ^a   Sofianou, E ^a   Siafas, I ^a   Psatha, E ^a   Dervenis, C ^a   Koulentianos, E ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anatomic variations; Biliary tree; Choledocholitiasis; Computed tomography, virtual cholangiography; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE IOTROXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IODIPAMIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0038343117     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-002-0062-y     Document Type: Article

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