Characterization of hepatic lesions by perfusion-weighted MR imaging with an echoplanar sequence

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1029-1034

  Ichikawa, Tomoaki ^a   Haradome, Hiroki ^b   Hachiya, Junichi ^b   Nitatori, Toshiaki ^b   Araki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031945646     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.4.9530054     Document Type: Article

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