Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 1230-1235, November 2009

Detection and grading for esophageal varices in patients with chronic liver damage: comparison of gadolinium-enhanced and unenhanced steady-state coherent MR images☆

  • Satoshi Goshima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 58 230 6439; fax: +81 58 230 6440.
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  • Masayuki Kanematsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
    • Department of Radiology Services, Gifu University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Kondo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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  • Yusuke Tsuge

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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  • Haruo Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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  • Yoshimune Shiratori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Informatics, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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  • Minoru Onozuka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Kanagawa Dental College, Yokosuka, Japan
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  • Noriyuki Moriyama

      Affiliations

    • Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tsukiji, Japan

Received 11 December 2008; received in revised form 19 March 2009; accepted 7 May 2009. published online 26 June 2009.

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☆ The work was supported in part by the Health and Labor Sciences Research Grants for Third Term Comprehensive Control Research for Cancer.

PII: S0730-725X(09)00117-9

doi:10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.030

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 1230-1235, November 2009

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