From the RSNA refresher courses: Screening the cirrhotic liver for hepatocellular carcinoma with CT and MR imaging: Opportunities and pitfalls

Radiographics

Volumn 21, Issue SPEC.ISS., 2001, Pages

  Baron, Richard L ^a   Peterson, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver neoplasms, 761.323; Liver neoplasms, CT, 761.12114; Liver neoplasms, MR, 761.12141; Liver, cirrhosis, 761.794

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035491434     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.21.suppl_1.g01oc14s117     Document Type: Article

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