Right top pulmonary vein: Evaluation with 64 section multidetector computed tomography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 300-303

  Arslan, Gokhan ^a   Dincer, Elvan ^a   Kabaalioglu, Adnan ^a   Ozkaynak, Can ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomic variant; Computed tomography; Embryology; Multidedector row; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; HEALTH; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

3D (THREE DIMENSIONAL) IMAGING; ELSEVIER (CO); IRELAND; LEFT ATRIUM (LA); MEAN DIAMETER; MULTI DETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MDCT); POSTERIOR SEGMENT; PULMONARY VEINS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RIGHT TOP PULMONARY VEIN; SCHOOL CHILD; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46749146510     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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