Imaging features of hematogenous metastases to the pancreas: Pictorial essay

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-15

  Tan, Cher Heng ^a   Tamm, Eric P ^a   Marcal, Leonardo ^a   Balachandran, Aparna ^a   Charnsangavej, Chusilp ^a   Vikram, Raghu ^a   Bhosale, Priya ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Abdominal radiology; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pancreas; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959589179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2011.0002     Document Type: Review

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