Comparison of two volumetric techniques for estimating liver volume using magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 557-563

  Mazonakis, Michael ^a   Damilakis, John ^b   Maris, Thomas ^a   Prassopoulos, Panos ^b   Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cavalieri method; Liver volume; Magnetic resonance imaging; Planimetry; Point counting

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER SIZE; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEREOLOGY; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036235808     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10109     Document Type: Article

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