Multidetector CT of the liver and hepatic neoplasms: Effect of multiphasic imaging on tumor conspicuity and vascular enhancement

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1217-1224

  Francis, Isaac R ^a   Cohan, Richard H ^a   McNulty, Nancy J ^a   Platt, Joel F ^a   Korobkin, Melvyn ^a   Gebremariam, Achamyeleh ^a   Ragupathi, Kartik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELIAC ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037404564     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.5.1801217     Document Type: Article

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