Hepatic Arterioportal Shunts: Dynamic CT and MR Features

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-15

  Choi, Byung Ihn ^a,c   Lee, Kyoung Ho ^a   Han, Joon Koo ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Computed tomography (CT), helical; Liver, CT; Liver, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), rapid imaging; Shunts, arteriovenous

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; REVIEW;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036364084     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2002.3.1.1     Document Type: Article

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