Detection of hepatic steatosis on contrast-enhanced CT images: Diagnostic accuracy of identification of areas of presumed focal fatty sparing

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-47

  Lawrence, David A ^a   Oliva, Isabel B ^a   Israel, Gary M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrant venous drainage; Fatty liver; Focal fatty sparing; Hepatic steatosis

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863708513     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7838     Document Type: Article

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