Intraoperative ultrasound of the liver

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Donadon, Matteo ^a   Torzilli, Guido ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIVER TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84859149241     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.8021     Document Type: Letter

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