Cirrhosis: CT and MR imaging evaluation

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-69

  Brancatelli, Giuseppe ^a,b,c   Federle, Michael P ^c   Ambrosini, Roberta ^d   Lagalla, Roberto ^b   Carriero, Alessandro ^d   Midiri, Massimo ^b   Vilgrain, Valérie ^e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GIOVANNI PAOLO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^e BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Computed tomography; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

BREAST METASTASES; CIRRHOSIS; DYSPLASTIC NODULES; LIVER MORPHOLOGY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BREAST METASTASIS; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845939655     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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