Multidetector CT of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Diagnostic advances and therapeutic relevance

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2147-2154

  Prokesch, Rupert W ^a   Schima, Wolfgang ^a   Chow, Lawrence C ^b   Jeffrey, R Brooke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer applications; Multidetector CT; Pancreas; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ANATOMY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042828949     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-1926-4     Document Type: Review

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