Supplement value of magnetic resonance imaging in small hepatic lesion (≤ 20 mm) detected on routine computed tomography

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 677-686

  Phongkitkarun, Sith ^a   Srianujata, Tichakorn ^a   Jatchavala, Janjira ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Liver diseases; Liver neoplasms; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

FERUCARBOTRAN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CYST; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66649124153     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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