Can Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Discriminate Ischemic From Nonischemic Livers? A Pilot Experimental Study

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2643-2646

  Liu, Q ^a   Monbaliu, D ^a   Vekemans, K ^a   Peeters, R ^a   De Keyzer, F ^a   Dresselaers, T ^a   Ni, Y ^a   Van Hecke, P ^a   Komuta, M ^a   Brassil, J ^b   Marchal, G ^a   Pirenne, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Organ Recovery Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIC MACHINE PERFUSION; IN VIVO STUDY; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER PRESERVATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; SWINE;

EID: 35349019312     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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