Focal eosinophilic necrosis versus metastasis in the liver: The usefulness of two-phase dynamic CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1085-1090

  Hur, Jin ^a   Park, Mi Suk ^a   Yu, Jeong Sik ^a   Lim, Joon Suk ^a   Hong, Soon Won ^b   Kim, Ki Whang ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18244386996     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.4.01841085     Document Type: Article

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