Hepatic malignancies: Usefulness of acquisition of multiple arterial and portal venous phase images at dynamic gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 337-345

  Peterson, Mark S ^a   Baron, Richard L ^a   Murakami, Takamichi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gadolinium; Liver neoplasms, MR; Liver, MR

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029999560     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.201.2.8888220     Document Type: Article

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