Imaging of cholecystitis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  O'Connor, Owen J ^a   Maher, Michael M ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^b MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; CT of abdomen; Gallbladder disease; Ultrasound of abdomen

Indexed keywords

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; BILIARY TRACT RADIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMATOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GALLBLADDER SCINTISCANNING; GALLSTONE; GANGRENOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

CHOLECYSTITIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79957796946     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4340     Document Type: Review

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