Ultrasound imaging of bowel pathology: Technique and keys to diagnosis in the acute abdomen

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Maturen, Katherine E ^a   Wasnik, Ashish P ^a   Kamaya, Aya ^b   Dillman, Jonathan R ^a   Kaza, Ravi K ^a   Pandya, Amit ^a   Maheshwary, Rishi K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Bowel; Inflammatory bowel disease; Intussusception; Sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ACUTE ABDOMEN; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROPATHY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MESENTERY; OMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 82455203959     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6594     Document Type: Review

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