The Multifaceted Role of Radiology in Small Bowel Obstruction

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 319-335

  Sandrasegaran, Kumaresan ^a   Maglinte, Dean D T ^a,c   Howard, Thomas J ^a   Kelvin, Frederick M ^b   Lappas, John C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242353868     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2171(03)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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