Comprehensive preoperative assessment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma with 64-section volumetric CT

Radiographics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1653-1666

  Brennan, Darren D D ^a   Zamboni, Giulia A ^a   Raptopoulos, Vassilios D ^a   Kruskal, Jonathan B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 36848998937     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.276075034     Document Type: Article

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