The effect of fatty infiltration on the liver tissue enhancement during portal phase computed tomography

Academic Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1008-1012

  Tsushima, Yoshito ^a   Aoki, Jun ^b   Endo, Keigo ^b  

^a Motojima General Hospital   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Contrast enhancement; Fatty liver; Liver; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

IOVERSOL;

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; JAPAN; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0041817703     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)00152-1     Document Type: Article

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