Detection and grading for esophageal varices in patients with chronic liver damage: comparison of gadolinium-enhanced and unenhanced steady-state coherent MR images

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1230-1235

  Goshima, Satoshi ^a   Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a   Kondo, Hiroshi ^a   Tsuge, Yusuke ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a   Shiratori, Yoshimune ^a   Onozuka, Minoru ^b   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gadolinium; Liver; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE;

EID: 70349829681     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.030     Document Type: Article

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