Multidetector row CT angiography in the evaluation of the hepatic artery and its anatomical variants

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 312-321

  Saba, L ^a   Mallarini, G ^a,b  

^a Policlinico Universitario   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38949092544     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.05.023     Document Type: Review

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