Multi-detector computed tomography angiography of the hepatic artery in liver transplant recipients

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 455-461

  Boraschi, P ^a   Donati, F ^b   Cossu, M C ^b   Gigoni, R ^b   Vignali, C ^b   Filipponi, F ^b   Bartolozzi, C ^b   Falaschi, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), hepatic artery; Computed tomography (CT), volume rendering; Liver transplantation, computed tomography (CT)

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; TRANSPLANTS;

CT HEPATIC ARTERY; CT VOLUME RENDERING; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION, CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27744476995     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850510021724     Document Type: Article

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