The role of sonography in imaging of the biliary tract

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-135

  Foley, W Dennis ^a   Quiroz, Francisco A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary tract; Computed tomography; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopic ultrasound; Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; Percutaneous cholangiography; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAROLI DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT CYST; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER TUMOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTIFACTS; BILIARY TRACT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 34249794840     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ruq.0000263851.53549.a5     Document Type: Article

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