Volumetric analyses of venous variations in the left liver using 3D-CT venography

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 53, Issue 72, 2006, Pages 831-835

  Shindoh, Junichi ^a,b,c   Kokudo, Norihiro ^a   Satou, Shouichi ^a   Sugawara, Yasuhiko ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Yaizu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c Yaizu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D CT; Hepatic venography; LHV; MHV; Superficial vein; Umbilical fissure vein

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN; LIVER WEIGHT; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845223259     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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