Collateral Pathways in Thoracic Central Venous Obstruction: Three-Dimensional Display Using Direct Spiral Computed Tomography Venography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-33

  Kim, Hyo Cheol ^b   Chung, Jin Wook ^a   Yoon, Chang Jin ^b   Lee, Whal ^b   Jae, Hwan Jun ^b   Kim, Young Il ^b   Park, Jae Hyung ^b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3 dimensional; Angiography; Computed tomography (CT); Obstruction; Stenosis; Veins; Venae cavae

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

3-DIMENSIONAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSTRUCTION; SPECTRA'S; SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; STENOSES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY; VEIN; VENA CAVA; VENOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; THORAX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0347986699     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200401000-00004     Document Type: Article

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