Magnetic resonance imaging: Techniques

Clinics in Liver Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-72

  Fisher, Adam R ^a   Siegelman, Evan S ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM CHELATE;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW;

EID: 0036207729     PISSN: 10893261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1089-3261(03)00066-7     Document Type: Review

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