Magnetic resonance imaging of arterioportal shunts in the liver

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-176

  Yu, Jeong Sik ^a   Rofsky, Neil M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterioportal shunt; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFARCTION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036620243     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002142-200206000-00004     Document Type: Review

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