Pyogenic hepatic abscesses: MRI findings on T1- and T2-weighted and serial gadolinium-enhanced gradient-echo images

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 285-290

  Balci, N Cem ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^a   Noone, Tara C ^a   Siegelman, Evan S ^b   De Beeck, Bart Op ^c   Brown, Jeffrey J ^d   Lee, Moon Gyu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

761.21; Contrast enhancement, 761.12143; Liver abscess; Liver infection, 761.20; Magnetic resonance (MR)

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033007124     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(199902)9:2<285::AID-JMRI20>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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