MR signal intensity changes in hepatic parenchyma with ductal dilation caused by intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 136-141

  Yoshimitsu, Kengo ^a   Honda, Hiroshi ^a   Kaneko, Kuniyuki ^a   Kuroiwa, Toshiro ^a   Fukuya, Tatsuro ^a   Irie, Hiroyuki ^a   Kajiyama, Kiyoshi ^a   Takenaka, Kenji ^a   Masuda, Kouji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blic duct dilation; Liver; MR; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031430382     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070119     Document Type: Article

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