MR imaging in abdominal emergencies

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1243-1273

  Pedrosa, Ivan ^a,b   Rofsky, Neil M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERUMOXSIL; GADOLINIUM;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE CHOLANGITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIVERTICULITIS; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GANGRENOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY COLIC; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; MIRIZZI SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY EPIPLOIC APPENDAGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0344980657     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(03)00102-7     Document Type: Review

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