Optimal reconstructed section thickness for the detection of liver lesions with multidetector CT

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-197

  Soo, G ^a   Lau, K K ^a   Yik, T ^a   Kutschera, P ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 75449108645     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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