Characterization of focal hepatic masses by dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging: Findings in 311 lesions

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-285

  Quillin, Shawn P ^a,b   Atilla, Serhan ^a,b   Brown, Jeffrey J ^a   Borrello, Joseph A ^a   Yu, Chin Yin ^a   Pilgram, Thomas K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b No: 51/17 GOP ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Liver; Liver metastases; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030957692     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(96)00226-3     Document Type: Article

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