Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 65-71 , January 2008

Small hepatocellular carcinomas in cirrhosis: differences in contrast enhancement effects between helical CT and MR imaging during multiphasic dynamic imaging

Received 1 March 2007 ,Accepted 13 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2007.04.007

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 65-71 , January 2008

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