Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Current Imaging Techniques and CT Findings in Patients with Solid Organ, Bowel, and Mesenteric Injury

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-129

  Stuhlfaut, Joshua W ^a   Anderson, Stephan W ^a   Soto, Jorge A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAPHRAGM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MESENTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33947105567     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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