Comparison of CT methods for determining the fat content of the liver

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1307-1312

  Kodama, Yoshihisa ^a   Ng, Chaan S ^a   Wu, Tsung T ^a   Ayers, Gregory D ^a   Curley, Steven A ^a   Abdalla, Eddie K ^a   Vauthey, Jean Nicolas ^a   Charnsangavej, Chusilp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Fat measurement; Liver disease

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOVERSOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FAT CONTENT; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247635484     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0992     Document Type: Article

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