Triple arterial phase dynamic MRI with sensitivity encoding for hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma: Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy among the early, middle, late, and whole triple arterial phase imaging

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-69

  Mori, Kensaku ^a   Yoshioka, Hiroshi ^b   Takahashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Yamaguchi, Masayuki ^a   Ueno, Teruko ^a   Yamaki, Toshihiro ^c   Saida, Yukihisa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION MITO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11144283073     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.1.01840063     Document Type: Article

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