Comparison of ultrasonography, CT and MRI in the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis

World Chinese Journal of Digestology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 993-996

  Zheng, Rong Qin ^a   Huang, Dong Mei ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Su, Zhong Zhen ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^b   Kawasaki, Toshihiko ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Liver cirrhosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasonography; X ray

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 22644447569     PISSN: 10093079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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