Imaging acute appendicitis: State of the art

Journal of Clinical Imaging Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gaitini, Diana ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; appendicitis; compression ultrasound; magnetic resonance imaging; multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863617417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21565597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2156-7514.85778     Document Type: Article

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