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By Kenichi Takayasu and Kunio Okuda. 562 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 1997. $275. ISBN 0-19-262634-5.

Over the past 10 to 15 years, the role of imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of liver diseases has grown dramatically. The combination of new imaging techniques and diagnostic contrast agents has greatly improved our ability to examine the liver. In this regard, Japanese physicians have had a central role; indeed, many important imaging techniques, such as computed tomography (CT) during arterial portography and spiral CT, were initially described in Japan.

This book shows the features of common and uncommon focal tumors of the liver and biliary tract seen on imaging. The authors are recognized experts in this field, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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