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Quantification of liver perfusion by dynamic magnetic resonance imaging: Experimental evaluation and clinical pilot study

  1. Christina Zapletal1,
  2. Cosima Jahnke1,
  3. Arianeb Mehrabi1,†,*,
  4. Thomas Heß2,
  5. David Mihm2,
  6. Michaela Angelescu1,
  7. Peter Stegen2,
  8. Hamidreza Fonouni1,
  9. Majid Esmaeilzadeh1,
  10. Martha Maria Gebhard3,
  11. Ernst Klar1,‡,
  12. Markus Golling1,‡

Article first published online: 26 JUN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/lt.21746

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Liver Transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volume 15, Issue 7, pages 693–700, July 2009

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Zapletal, C., Jahnke, C., Mehrabi, A., Heß, T., Mihm, D., Angelescu, M., Stegen, P., Fonouni, H., Esmaeilzadeh, M., Gebhard, M. M., Klar, E. and Golling, M. (2009), Quantification of liver perfusion by dynamic magnetic resonance imaging: Experimental evaluation and clinical pilot study. Liver Transpl, 15: 693–700. doi: 10.1002/lt.21746

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  1. 1

    Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

  2. 2

    Department of Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

  3. 3

    Department of Experimental Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

  1. †

    Telephone: 0049-6221-56 36223; FAX: 004906221-56 7470

  2. ‡

    Both senior authors contributed equally to this work.

*Division of Visceral Transplantation, Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120 Heidelberg; Germany

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 26 JUN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 26 JUN 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 22 DEC 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 27 JUN 2008

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  • Forschungsschwerpunkt Transplantation Baden-Württemberg

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