MR cholangiopancreatography and MR urography: Improved enhancement with a negative oral contrast agent

Radiology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 281-285

  Hirohashi, Shinji ^a   Hirohashi, Rina ^a   Uchida, Hideo ^a   Kitano, Satoru ^a   Ono, Wataru ^a   Ohishi, Hajime ^a   Nakanishi, Shiro ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hirai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile ducts, MR; Genitourinary system, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), contrast agents; Magnetic resonance (MR), contrast enhancement; Pancreas, MR

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0030895083     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.203.1.9122408     Document Type: Article

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