Focal liver lesions: Characterization with triphasic spiral CT

Radiology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 327-330

  Van Leeuwen, Maarten S ^a   Noordzij, Jos ^a   Feldberg, Michiel A M ^a   Hennipman, Adriaan H ^a   Doornewaard, Heleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), tissue characterization; Liver neoplasms; Liver neoplasms, secondary; Liver, CT; Liver, cysts; Liver, focal nodular hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; IOPROMIDE; IOVERSOL;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029858922     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.201.2.8888219     Document Type: Article

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