MR elastography for noninvasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis: Experience from a tertiary center in asia

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1110-1116

  Kim, Bo Hee ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a,b   Lee, Ye Ji ^a   Lee, Kyoung Bun ^b   Suh, Kyung Suk ^b   Han, Joon Koo ^a,b   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

liver fibrosis; liver pathology; MR elastography; serum marker

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVING DONORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80054757186     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22723     Document Type: Article

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