title: Advances in imaging techniques for the diagnosis of focal hepatic lesions.
abstract: In the past few years, tremendous advances have been made in the fields of ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and contrast agent development. The purpose of this article is to highlight the important developments in imaging techniques that can be used for detection and characterization of focal hepatic lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, California 94305, USA. kcpli@stanford.edu
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed