Volvulus of the gastrointestinal tract: Appearances at multimodality imaging

Radiographics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1281-1293

  Peterson, Christine M ^a   Anderson, John S ^b   Hara, Amy K ^c   Carenza, Jeffrey W ^d   Menias, Christine O ^e  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Colorado Health Sciences Center   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d Texas Radiology Associates   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STOMACH VOLVULUS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; STOMACH VOLVULUS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 70349896253     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.295095011     Document Type: Article

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