Dual gradient-echo in-phase and opposed-phase hepatic MR imaging: A useful tool for evaluating more than fatty infiltration or fatty sparing

Radiographics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1409-1418

  Merkle, Elmar M ^a   Nelson, Rendon C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 33749471991     PISSN: 15271323     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.265055711     Document Type: Article

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