MR Angiography of the Portal Venous System: Techniques, Interpretation, and Clinical Applications

Radiographics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1425-1443

  Leyendecker, John R ^a   Rivera Jr , Eugene ^a   Washburn, W Kenneth ^a   Johnson, Stephen P ^a   Diffin, Daniel C ^a   Eason, James D ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension, portal, 957.711; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies, 957.12942; Portal vein, MR, 957.12942; Shunts, portosystemic, 957.4539

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; THROMBOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTAL VEIN; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031261952     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.17.6.9397456     Document Type: Article

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