Contrast enhancement in experimental radiation-induced liver injury: Comparison of hepatocellular and reticuloendothelial particulate contrast agents

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 286-290

  Stiskal, Michael ^a,b   Schwickert, Heidi C ^a   Demsar, Franci ^a   Roberts, Timothy P L ^a   Szolar, Dieter ^a   Weissleder, Ralph ^c   Brasch, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Echo planar imaging (EPI); Experimental model; Iron particles; Liver contrast enhancement; Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging; Radiation hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ASIALOFETUIN; ASIALOGLYCOPROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IRON; MAGNETITE; OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANIMALS; ASIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; IRON; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXIDES; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030090181     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060205     Document Type: Article

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