Volume rendering of three-dimensional drip infusion CT cholangiography in patients with suspected obstructive biliary disease: A retrospective study

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 936, 2005, Pages 1078-1085

  Persson, A ^a   Dahlstrom N ^b   Smedby, O ^a   Brismar, T B ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Hudiksvall Hospital   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; MEGLUMINE IOTROXATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT STONE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFUSION CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIRUBIN; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IODIPAMIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 29644447794     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/14176682     Document Type: Review

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