Pathways of extrapancreatic perineural invasion by pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Evaluation with 3D volume-rendered MDCT imaging

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 668-674

  Deshmukh, Swati D ^a   Willmann, Jürgen K ^a   Jeffrey, R Brooke ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3D volume rendered imaging; CT; Pancreatic cancer; Perineural invasion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; GANGLION; HEPATIC ARTERY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NERVE PLEXUS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77749277530     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3285     Document Type: Article

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