Focal fatty infiltration in the head of the pancreas: Evaluation with multidetector computed tomography with multiplanar reformation imaging

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-95

  Kawamoto, Satomi ^a   Siegelman, Stanley S ^a   Bluemke, David A ^a   Hruban, Ralph H ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal fatty infiltration; Multidetector CT; Multiplanar reformation imaging; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSE PROCESS; FOCAL FATTY INFILTRATION; HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; IMAGING MODALITY; MULTI-DETECTORS; MULTIDETECTOR CT; MULTIPLANAR REFORMATION; MULTIPLANAR REFORMATION IMAGING; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC TUMORS;

TUMORS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ATTENUATION; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIPOMATOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLANAR REFORMATION IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS DUCT STENOSIS; PANCREAS FATTY INFILTRATION; PANCREAS ISLET; PARENCHYMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STEATORRHEA; STEROID THERAPY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PANCREAS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATROPHY; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62149091121     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31815cff0d     Document Type: Review

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