CT of blunt pancreatic trauma-A pictorial essay

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 311-320

  Venkatesh, Sudhakar Kundapur ^a   Wan, John Mun Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; CT; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH;

CLINICAL FEATURES; ELSEVIER (CO); HIGH INDEX; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; IMAGING MODALITIES; IRELAND; MULTIDETECTOR-ROW CT (MDCT);

ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS;

BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PANCREAS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; PANCREAS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 46749157886     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.07.003     Document Type: Review

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