MR elastography to assess liver fibrosis

Radiology

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 591-

  Carrión, Jose A ^a   Navasa, Miquel ^a   Forns, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BLOOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE ISOENZYME 1; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE, CYTOPLASMIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44449107050     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2472071844     Document Type: Letter

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