Detecting hepatic lesions: The added utility of CT liver window settings

Radiology

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 601-604

  Mayo Smith, William W ^a   Gupta, Himanshu ^a   Ridlen, Mark S ^a   Brody, Jeffrey M ^a   Clements, Nancy C ^a   Cronan, John J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), image display and recording; Computed tomography (CT), image processing; Liver neoplasms, CT; Liver neoplasms, secondary

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033013734     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.210.3.r99mr07601     Document Type: Article

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