Malignant liver lesions: Comparison of spiral CT arterial portography and MR imaging for diagnostic accuracy, cost, and effect on patient management

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-43

  Semelka, Richard C ^a   Schlund, James F ^a   Molina, Paul L ^a   Willms, Ann Bagley ^a   Kahlenberg, Morton ^a   Mauro, Matthew A ^a   Weeks, Susan M ^a   Cance, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver neoplasms, CT; Liver neoplasms, diagnosis; Liver neoplasms, metastases; Liver neoplasms, MR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029679778     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060108     Document Type: Article

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