Magnetization transfer contrast-prepared MR imaging of the liver: Inability to distinguish healthy from cirrhotic liver

Radiology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-143

  Rosenkrantz, Andrew B ^a   Storey, Pippa ^a   Gilet, Anthony G ^a   Niver, Benjamin E ^a   Babb, James S ^a   Hajdu, Cristina H ^a   Lee, Vivian S ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84455200814     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11111043     Document Type: Article

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