The revised Atlanta classification for acute pancreatitis: Updates in imaging terminology and guidelines

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-136

  Zaheer, Atif ^a   Singh, Vikesh K ^a   Qureshi, Reema O ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Complications; Imaging; Necrosis; Pancreas; Revised Atlanta classification

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84872678911     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: 14320509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-012-9908-0     Document Type: Review

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