Ferumoxides and Tc-99m sulfur colloid: Comparison of the tumor-to-liver uptake in focal nodular hyperplasia

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 125-129

  Grandin, Cécile B ^a   Van Beers, Bernard E ^a   Pauwels, Stanislas ^a   Demeure, Roger ^a   Jamart, Jacques ^b   Pringot, Jacques ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Iron, diagnostic use; Liver neoplasms; Liver, focal nodular hyperplasia; Liver, radionuclide study; Magnetic resonance (MR), contrast enhancement; Technetium 99m sulfur colloid

Indexed keywords

SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IRON; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 0031404219     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070117     Document Type: Article

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