Comparing thin-section and thick-section CT of pericardial sinuses and recesses

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1101-1108

  Kodama, Fumiko ^a,b   Fultz, Patrick J ^a   Wandtke, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIUM CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0141855097     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.4.1811101     Document Type: Article

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