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Location of embolization affects patency after coil embolization for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: importance of time-resolved magnetic resonance angiography for diagnosis of patency
This study aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (CT) and time-resolved magnetic resonance angiography (TR-MRA) for patency after coil embolization of pulmonary arteriovenous malformat...
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Gadoxetic acid disodium-enhanced MR imaging of cholangiolocellular carcinoma of the liver: imaging characteristics and histopathological correlations
To review the gadoxetic acid disodium (EOB)-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features of cholangiolocellular carcinoma (CoCC) of the liver and compare them with those of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ...
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18-F fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in positron emission tomography as a pathological grade predictor for renal clear cell carcinomas
To evaluate the usefulness of Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18-F FDG-PET/CT) in the prediction of Fuhrman pathological grades of renal clear cell carcinoma (c...
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Determination of optimal intravenous contrast agent iodine dose for the detection of liver metastasis at 80-kVp CT
To determine the optimal iodine mass (IM) to achieve a 50-HU increase in hepatic attenuation for the detection of liver metastasis based on total body weight (TBW) or body surface area (BSA) at 80-kVp computed...
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Body size indices to determine iodine mass with contrast-enhanced multi-detector computed tomography of the upper abdomen: does body surface area outperform total body weight or lean body weight?
To compare total body weight (TBW), lean body weight (LBW) and body surface area (BSA) for the adjustment of the iodine dose required for contrast-enhanced multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) of the aort...
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MR elastography of the liver at 3 T with cine-tagging and bending energy analysis: preliminary results
To preliminarily evaluate the feasibility and usefulness of MR elastography of the liver at 3 T with cine-tagging and bending energy (BE) analysis for the evaluation of hepatic fibrosis.
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Atypically enhancing hepatic cavernous hemangiomas: high-spatial-resolution gadolinium-enhanced triphasic dynamic gradient-recalled-echo imaging findings
We retrospectively investigated the appearance and frequency of atypically enhancing cavernous hemangiomas with high-spatial-resolution (512×224 matrix) gadolinium-enhanced triphasic dynamic gradient-recalled-...