Diagnostic accuracy of multidetector-row computed tomography for common bile duct calculi: Is it necessary to add non-contrast-enhanced images to contrast-enhanced images?

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 508-512

  Chung, Woo Suk ^a   Park, Mi Suk ^b   Yoon, Sang Wook ^c   Yu, Jeong Sik ^a   Kim, Ki Whang ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cholangiopancreatography; Cholelithiasis; Common bile duct; Computed tomography; Endoscopic retrograde; Image reconstruction; Scanners

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DUCTS; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT STONES; COMMON BILE DUCTS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; IMAGES RECONSTRUCTION; SCANNER;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34648826742     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000250104.55305.90     Document Type: Article

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