Diagnosing small hepatic cysts on multidetector CT: An additional merit of thinner coronal reformations

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 341-350

  Hwang, Sung Ho ^a   Yu, Jeong Sik ^a   Chung, Jae Joon ^a   Kim, Joo Hee ^a   Kim, Ki Whang ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatic cyst; Hounsfield units (HUs); Multidetector CT (MDCT); Partial volume effect; Sectional thickness

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CYST; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; RADIATION ATTENUATION; THINNER CORONAL REFORMATION; TRANSVERSE REFORMATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; CYSTS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955785945     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2011.12.3.341     Document Type: Article

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