Importance of small (≤ 20-mm) enhancing lesions seen only during the hepatic arterial phase at MR imaging of the cirrhotic liver: Evaluation and comparison with whole explanted liver

Radiology

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 938-944

  Holland, Agnes E ^a,b   Hecht, Elizabeth M ^a   Hahn, Winnie Y ^a,c   Kim, Danny C ^a,d   Babb, James S ^a   Lee, Vivian S ^a   West, A Brian ^a   Krinsky, Glenn A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d East River Medical Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYSPLASIA; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 27744604319     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041364     Document Type: Article

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