A retrospective analysis of the accuracy of T2-weighted images and dynamic gadolinium-enhanced sequences in the detection and characterization of focal hepatic lesions

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 266-273

  Pawluk, Randolph S ^a   Tummala, Satish ^a   Brown, Jeffrey J ^a   Borrello, Joseph A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Gadolinium; Liver neoplasms; Magnetic resonance (MR)

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOTERIDOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; CYSTS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032967743     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(199902)9:2<266::AID-JMRI17>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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