Transient hepatic attenuation differences and focal liver lesions: Sump effect due to primary arterial hyperperfusion

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-265

  Colagrande, Stefano ^a   Centi, Nicoletta ^a   Pradella, Silvia ^a   Duranti, Beatrice ^a   Belli, Giacomo ^b   Villari, Natale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatic perfusion abnormalities; Hypervascular focal liver lesion(s); Liver arterial phenomena; Transient hepatic difference(s)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LIVER;

ARTERIAL FLOW; BENIGN LESION; FOCAL LIVER LESIONS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC PERFUSION ABNORMALITY; HYPERVASCULAR FOCAL LIVER LESION(S); HYPOPERFUSION; LIVER ARTERIAL PHENOMENON; PERFUSION ABNORMALITIES; TRANSIENT HEPATIC DIFFERENCE(S);

VISIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER PERFUSION; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HEPATIC ARTERY; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 64749085934     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31818050bc     Document Type: Article

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