Small malignant hepatic tumor detection in gadolinium- and ferucarbotran-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging: Does combining ferucarbotran-enhanced T2*-weighted gradient echo and T2-weighted turbo spin echo images have additive efficacy?

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 510-519

  Young, Kon Kim ^a   Young, Hwan Lee ^b   Hyo, Sung Kwak ^a   Chong, Soo Kim ^a   Young, Min Han ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Liver, cirrhosis; Liver, MR; Liver, neoplasm; Magnetic resonance (MR), contrast media

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IRON; OXIDE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OXIDES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57049150807     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2008.9.6.510     Document Type: Article

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