Multi-slice spiral CT angiography in evaluating donors of living-related liver transplantation

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 364-369

  Chen, Wen Hua ^a   Xin, Wei ^a   Wang, Jie ^b   Huang, Qing Juan ^b   Sun, Yi Fang ^a   Xu, Qing ^b   Yu, Sheng Nan ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiography; Donor; Living related liver transplantation; Multi slice spiral CT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34548093564     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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