Understanding the spectral Doppler waveform of the hepatic veins in health and disease

Radiographics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2081-2098

  Scheinfeld, Meir H ^a   Bilali, Ardiana ^a   Koenigsberg, Mordecai ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER VEIN; METHODOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; PHLEBOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 77949911410     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.297095715     Document Type: Article

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