Serial MR imaging of small arterially-enhancing liver lesions in patients with chronic liver disease

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 548-555

  Korpraphong, Pornpim ^a   Leyendecker, John R ^b   Hildebolt, Charles F ^c   Narra, Vamsri ^c   Bae, Klongtae Ty ^d   Brown, Jeffrey J ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Chronic disease; Hepatocellular; Liver diseases; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65649153745     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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