Detection and characterization of benign focal liver lesions with multislice CT

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2427-2443

  Winterer, Jan T ^a   Kotter, E ^a   Ghanem, N ^a   Langer, M ^a  

^a Department of Diagnostic Radiology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Liver neoplasms; Multidetector CT; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTERIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PERFUSION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADENOMA, LIVER CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750460658     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0247-9     Document Type: Review

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