Hepatic parenchymal hyperperfusion abnormalities detected with multisection dynamic MR imaging: Appearance and interpretation

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 861-867

  Ito, Katsuyoshi ^a,b   Honjo, Kazumitsu ^a   Fujita, Takeshi ^a   Awaya, Hitomi ^a   Matsumoto, Tsuneo ^a   Matsunaga, Naofumi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gadolinium; Liver neoplasms, diagnosis; Liver neoplasms, MR; Liver, MR; MR, contrast enhancement

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PENTETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030278722     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060604     Document Type: Article

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