A clinical algorithm for the assessment of pancreatic lesions: utilization of 16- and 64-section multidetector CT and endoscopic ultrasound

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1142-1153

  Rafique, A ^a   Freeman, S ^a   Carroll, N ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; IOPAMIDOL;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS SURGERY; PANCREAS TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC CYST; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35548941143     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.05.006     Document Type: Review

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