Value of an early arteriographic acquisition for evaluating the splanchnic vessels as an adjunct to bisphasic CT using a multislice scanner

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1072-1079

  Zandrino, F ^a,b   Curone, P ^a   Benzi, L ^a   Musante, F ^a  

^a C Arrigo Children's Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiography; Comparative studies; Computed tomography; Liver neoplasms; Multislice technology; Vascular studies

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANEURYSM; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INJECTION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER METASTASIS; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; SPLEEN ANGIOGRAPHY; SPLEEN ARTERY; STOMACH ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; THICKNESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0038756849     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1566-0     Document Type: Article

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