Evaluation of living liver transplant donors: Method for precise anatomic definition by using a dedicated contrast-enhanced MR imaging protocol

Radiographics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 957-967

  Sahani, Dushyant ^a   D'souza, Roy ^a   Kadavigere, Rajagopal ^a   Hertl, Martin ^a   McGowan, Jennifer ^a   Saini, Sanjay ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile ducts, MR, 76.12143; Hepatic arteries, MR, 952.12942; Hepatic veins, MR, 959.12942; Liver, transplantation, 761.45; Portal vein, MR, 957.12942

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANATOMY; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIVER; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN DONOR; PORTAL VEIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 3242668178     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.244035186     Document Type: Review

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