Hyperintense nodules on non-enhanced T1-weighted gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging of cirrhotic liver: Fate and clinical implications

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 630-636

  Yu, Jeong Sik ^a   Lee, Jei Hee ^a   Park, Mi Suk ^a   Kim, Ki Whang ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Liver, cirrhosis; Liver, neoplasms; Liver, nodules; MR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERINTENSE NODULE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTENSITY; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NODULE; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T1 WEIGHTED IMAGING; T2 WEIGHTED IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748265502     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20674     Document Type: Article

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