Identification of the pericardiacophrenic vein on CT

Abstract Background To evaluate the depictability of pericardiacophrenic veins (PCPV) as landmarks for the location of the phrenic nerves on multi-detector-row computed tomography (MDCT), and to investigate the usefulness of depicting the PCPV to aid differential diagnosis of anterior mediastinal le...

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Main Authors: Yoshiyuki Ozawa, Ritsuko Suzuki, Masaki Hara, Yuta Shibamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Cancer Imaging
Subjects:
Ct
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40644-017-0134-4