Body surface area and body weight predict total liver volume in Western adults

Computed tomography (CT) is used increasingly to measure liver volume in patients undergoing evaluation for transplantation or resection. This study is designed to determine a formula predicting total liver volume (TLV) based on body surface area (BSA) or body weight in Western adults. TLV was measu...

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Published in:	Liver transplantation Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 233 - 240
Main Authors:	Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas, Abdalla, Eddie K., Doherty, Dorota A., Gertsch, Philippe, Fenstermacher, Marc J., Loyer, Evelyne M., Lerut, Jan, Materne, Roland, Wang, Xuemei, Encarnacion, Arthur, Herron, Delise, Mathey, Christian, Ferrari, Giovanni, Charnsangavej, Chuslip, Do, Kim-Anh, Denys, Alban
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia, PA Elsevier Inc 01-03-2002 W.B. Saunders
Subjects:	Adult Body Surface Area Body Weight Forecasting Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted Imaging, Three-Dimensional Liver - anatomy & histology Liver - diagnostic imaging Middle Aged Models, Anatomic Organ Size Regression Analysis Tomography, X-Ray Computed Western World
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