Vascular measurement changes observed using postmortem computed tomography

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 840-845

  Hyodoh, Hideki ^a   Sato, Taishi ^a   Onodera, Maki ^a   Washio, Hirokazu ^a   Hasegawa, Tadashi ^a   Hatakenaka, Masamitsu ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Forensic imaging; Postmortem change; Postmortem CT; Vena cava

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CAVA VEIN; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER; WHOLE BODY CT; ALGORITHM; AORTOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 84879776256     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-012-0134-z     Document Type: Article

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