3.0-T MRI evaluation of patients with chronic liver diseases: initial observations

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 650-660

  Zapparoli, Mauricio ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^a   Altun, Ersan ^a   Tsurusaki, Masakatsu ^a   Pamuklar, Ertan ^a   Dale, Brian M ^b   Gasparetto, Emerson L ^c   Elias Jr , Jorge ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3.0 T; Chronic liver diseases; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44649187785     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.01.037     Document Type: Article

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