MR-based measurements of portal vein flow and liver stiffness for predicting gastroesophageal varices

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 77-86

  Morisaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Motosugi, Utaroh ^a   Ichikawa, Tomoaki ^a   Sano, Katsuhiro ^a   Ichikawa, Shintaro ^a   Araki, Tsutomu ^a   Enomoto, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastroesophageal varices; MR elastography; Phase contrast MRI

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMORBIDITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMORBIDITY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84879399532     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.2012-0052     Document Type: Article

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