Differentiation of hepatic tumors by use of image contrast with T2-weighted MRI

Radiological Physics and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-57

  Ogura, Akio ^a,b   Hayakawa, Katsumi ^a   Miyati, Tosiaki ^b   Maeda, Fumie ^a   Miyai, Akira ^a   Saeki, Fumito ^a   Murata, Takaharu ^a  

^a KYOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic tumors; Quantitative analysis; T2 shine ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CYST; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 64249153077     PISSN: 18650333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12194-008-0043-0     Document Type: Article

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