Observation of normal appearance and wall thickness of esophagus on CT images

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 406-411

  Xia, Fan ^a,b,d   Mao, Jingfang ^a,b   Ding, Jinquan ^c   Yang, Huanjun ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Dermatology   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Esophageal carcinoma; Esophagus; Gross tumor volume; Thickness of esophageal wall

Indexed keywords

ADULT PATIENTS; CERVICAL ESOPHAGUS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COPY-READING; CT IMAGE; CT SCAN; ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; P-VALUES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WALL THICKNESS;

FILMS; SHRINKAGE; TUMORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449624066     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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