Spleen size measured on enhanced mri for quantitatively staging liver fibrosis in minipigs

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 540-547

  Chen, Xiao Li ^a   Chen, Tian Wu ^a   Li, Zhen Lin ^b   Zhang, Xiao Ming ^a   Chen, Nan ^c   Zeng, Nan Lin ^a   Li, Hang ^a   Tang, Hong Jie ^a   Pu, Yu ^a   Li, Chun Ping ^a  

^a Affiliated Hospital of the North of Sichuan Medical College   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

liver fibrosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; spleen size; stage

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MICROINJECTOR; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STAGING;

LIVER FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPLEEN SIZE; STAGE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 84883332683     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24007     Document Type: Article

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