Using triphasic helical CT to detect focal hepatic lesions in patients with neoplasms

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 643-649

  Miller, Frank H ^a   Butler, Reni S ^a   Hoff, Frederick L ^a   Fitzgerald, Steven W ^a   Nemcek Jr , Albert A ^a   Gore, Richard M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031751127     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.171.3.9725290     Document Type: Article

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