Hepatic Portal Venous Gas in Ultrasonogram-Benign or Noxious

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1179-1183

  Pan, Huay Ben ^a,b,c   Huang, Jer Shyung ^a,c   Yang, Tsung Lung ^a,c   Liang, Huei Lung ^a,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amount of gas; Computed tomography; Pattern of gas; Portal venous gas; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) IMAGES; HEPATIC PORTAL VENOUS GAS; NOXIOUS GAS; TRANSIENT SITUATION; ULTRASONOGRAM;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC PORTAL VENOUS GAS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547095496     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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