A New, accurate and conventional five-point method for quantitative evaluation of ascites using plain computed tomography in cancer patients

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 386-390

  Oriuchi, Noboru ^a   Nakajima, Takahito ^a   Mochiki, Erito ^a   Takeyoshi, Izumi ^a   Kanuma, Tatsuya ^a   Endo, Keigo ^a   Sakamoto, Junichi ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascites; Computed tomography; Volume rendering method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 24944580978     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyi109     Document Type: Article

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