Qualitative assessment of liver for fatty infiltration on contrast- enhanced CT: Is muscle a better standard of reference than spleen?

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 699-705

  Panicek, David M ^a,c   Giess, Catherine S ^a,b   Schwartz, Lawrence H ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation values; Computed tomography; Liver, abnormalities; Liver, anatomy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ATTENUATION VALUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MATERIAL; CONTRAST-ENHANCED CT; FATTY INFILTRATION OF LIVERS; FATTY LIVER; LIVER, ABNORMALITY; LIVER, ANATOMY; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; VISUAL COMPARISON;

MUSCLE;

IOHEXOL; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

EID: 0031473834     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199709000-00004     Document Type: Article

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