Diagnostic imaging of carcinomas of the gallbladder and the bile ducts

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 345-358

  Oikarinen, H ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bile duct neoplasms; Diagnostic imaging; Gallbladder neoplasms

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPSY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMORS;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS; CARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646415663     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850600580317     Document Type: Article

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