Dual-source, dual-energy multidetector CT for the evaluation of pancreatic tumours

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1018, 2012, Pages

  Chu, A J ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a   Lee, Y J ^a   Moon, S K ^a   Han, J K ^a   Choi, B I ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS TUMOR; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS ADENOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PSOAS MUSCLE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROUS MICROCYSTIC ADENOMA; SOLID PSEUDOPAPILLARY TUMOR; TRUE NON ENHANCED IMAGE; VIRTUAL NON ENHANCED IMAGE;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866851060     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/26129418     Document Type: Article

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