Multiarterial phase dynamic MRI of small early enhancing hepatic lesions in cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis: Differentiating between hypervascular hepatocellular carcinomas and pseudolesions

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 699-705

  Ito, Katsuyoshi ^a   Fujita, Takeshi ^a   Shimizu, Ayame ^a   Koike, Shinji ^a   Sasaki, Katsumi ^a   Matsunaga, Naofumi ^a   Hibino, Shigeru ^b   Yuhara, Masanao ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GE Yokogawa Medical Systems   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL WASHOUT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EARLY ENHANCING LIVER LESION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVASCULAR LIVER LESION; HYPERVASCULAR LIVER PSEUDOLESION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PSEUDOLESION; MALE; MULTIARTERIAL PHASE DYNAMIC NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 4344698258     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.3.1830699     Document Type: Article

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