Meaning and etiopathogenesis of sectorial transient hepatic attenuation differences (THAD);Significato ed eziopatogenesi dei fenomeni arteriali epatici (THAD) settoriali

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 180-187

  Colagrande, Stefano ^a   Centi, Nicoletta ^a   Carmignani, Luca ^a   Salvatori Politi, Letterio ^a   Villari, Natale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Focal liver lesion; Liver; Spiral Computed Tomography (SCT); Transient Hepatic Attenuation Differences (THAD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER INJURY; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0038510884     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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