Characterization of small liver lesions: Added role of MR after MDCT

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 591-596

  Holalkere, Nagaraj Setty ^a   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a   Blake, Michael A ^a   Halpern, Elkan F ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

MDCT; MRI; Small liver lesion

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

FOCAL LIVER LESIONS; GADOLINIA; HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; LIVER LESIONS; MULTI-DETECTORS; MULTIDETECTOR ROW HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SMALL LIVER LESION; T-SYSTEMS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 33746238709     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200607000-00007     Document Type: Article

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