The role of the unenhanced phase in the routine abdominal computed tomography;O valor da fase sem contraste na tomografia computadorizada do abdome

Radiologia Brasileira

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 289-296

  Leite, Ana Paula Klautau ^a   De Mattos, Leandro Accardo ^a   Pinto, Gustavo Alfredo Duarte Henriques ^a   Scaciota, Andrea Puchnick ^a   Franco, Rita Maria Aparecida Monteiro Moura ^a   Andreoni, Cássio ^a   Lederman, Henrique Manoel ^a   D'Lppolito, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Rua Doutor Alceu de Campos Rodrigues   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Computed tomography; Contrast media

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449125710     PISSN: 01003984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-39842008000500005     Document Type: Article

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