MRI of gallstones with different compositions

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1513-1519

  Tsai, Hong Ming ^a   Lin, Xi Zhang ^a   Chen, Chiung Yu ^a   Lin, Pin Wen ^a   Lin, Jui Che ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PIGMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 2442654309     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.6.1821513     Document Type: Article

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