Small hepatic nodules in cirrhosis: Ultrasonographic, CT, and MR imaging findings

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-55

  Kanematsu, M ^a   Hoshi, H ^a   Yamada, T ^b   Murakami, T ^c   Kim, T ^c   Kato, M ^a   Yokoyama, R ^a   Nakamura, H ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Gifu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Liver, computed tomography; Liver, magnetic resonance; Liver, neoplasms; Liver, ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0032902570     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900439     Document Type: Article

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