Transabdominal ultrasonography of the pancreas: Basic and new aspects

Imaging in Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-422

  Erchinger, Friedemann G ^a   Dimcevski, Georg ^a,b   Engjom, Trond ^a   Gilja, Odd H ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

CEUS; chronic pancreatitis; elastography; medical imaging technique; pancreas; transabdominal ultrasonography; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CYSTIC PANCREATIC TUMOR; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; GROOVE PANCREATITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATITIS; PANORAMIC IMAGING ECHOGRAPHY; POWER DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRIPLEX ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80052486021     PISSN: 17555191     EISSN: 17555205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/iim.11.36     Document Type: Review

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