Impact of multislice CT on imaging of acute abdominal disease

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1083-1093

  Kundra, Vikas ^a   Silverman, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTISLICE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; THICKNESS; TISSUE SLICE;

EID: 0345411939     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(03)00117-9     Document Type: Review

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