Dysplastic nodules of the liver: Imaging findings

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 250-257

  Choi, B I ^a   Han, J K ^a   Hong, S H ^a   Kim, T K ^a   Song, C S ^a   Kim, K W ^b   Kim, M J ^b   Han, M C ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CT; Liver; MR; Neoplasms; US

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPLASIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032907209     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900490     Document Type: Article

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