CT scan and MRI in the differentiation of liver tumors

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-55

  Hori, Masatoshi ^a   Murakami, Takamichi ^a   Kim, Tonsok ^a   Tomoda, Kaname ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver neoplasms, CT; Liver neoplasms, diagnosis; Liver neoplasms, MR; Liver, diseases

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER TUMOR; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4043068526     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078734     Document Type: Review

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