Cirrhotic liver enhancement on dual-phase helical CT: Comparison with noncirrhotic livers in 146 patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1193-1197

  Vignaux, Olivier ^a   Legmann, Paul ^a   Coste, Joël ^a   Hoeffel, Christine ^a   Bonnin, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER PERFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032724297     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.5.10541087     Document Type: Article

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