Understanding Transient Hepatic Attenuation Differences

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 408-417

  Desser, Terry S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER VEIN THROMBOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349182488     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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