Multislice CT cholangiography using thin-slab minimum intensity projection and multiplanar reformation in the evaluation of patients with suspected biliary obstruction: Preliminary experience

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-54

  Kim, Hyun Cheol ^a   Park, Seong Jin ^a   Park, Sung I I ^a   Park, Sang Heum ^a   Kim, Hyun Jun ^a   Shin, Hyeong Cheol ^a   Bae, Won Kyung ^a   Kim, I I Young ^a   Lee, Hae Kyung ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bile ducts; Cholangiography; CT; Minimum intensity projection; Multislice CT; Obstruction

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY (ERC); MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY (MRC); MULTIPLANAR REFORMATION (MPR); PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY (PTC);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILE DUCT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 11844291373     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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