Enhancement patterns of focal liver masses: discordance between contrast-enhanced sonography and contrast-enhanced CT and MRI.

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Published in AJR Am J Roentgenol on July 01, 2007

Authors

Stephanie R Wilson1, Tae Kyoung Kim, Hyun-Jung Jang, Peter N Burns

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Ave., Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 2N2. stephanie.wilson@uhn.on.ca

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