Small bowel obstruction: What to look for

Radiographics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 423-439

  Silva, Ana Catarina ^a   Pimenta, Madalena ^b   Guimarães, Luís S ^c  

^a Hospital Pedro Hispano   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c Hospital Sao Teotonio   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE;

ALGORITHMS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66149106749     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.292085514     Document Type: Article

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