An approach to pediatric liver MRI

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Mitchell, Courtney L ^a   Vasanawala, Shreyas S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gadopentetate; Hepatobiliary MRI; Liver MRI; Pediatric liver

Indexed keywords

ECHOVIST; GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; GADOFOSVESET; GADOLINIUM; GADOXETIC ACID; IRON; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMON BILE DUCT CYST; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVENTIONAL T2 WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FATTY LIVER; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATITIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SINGLE SHOT IMAGING; TI WEIGHTED IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VOLUMETRIC T2 WEIGHTED IMAGING; AGE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; CHILD; LIVER DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION;

AGE FACTORS; BILE DUCT DISEASES; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 79959595737     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.6076     Document Type: Review

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