Cisterna chyli in patients with portal hypertension: Evaluation with MR imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 624-628

  Ito, Katsuyoshi ^a,b   Shimizu, Ayame ^a   Tanabe, Masahiro ^a   Matsunaga, Naofumi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cisterna chyli; contraction wave; MRI; portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYSTERNA CHYLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC DUCT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEXTRANS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC DUCT;

EID: 84857077673     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22875     Document Type: Article

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