Stereology: A novel technique for rapid assessment of liver volume

Insights into Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-393

  Torkzad, Michael R ^a   Norén, Agneta ^b   Kullberg, Joel ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Organ size

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865746164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18694101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13244-012-0166-z     Document Type: Article

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