Spiral CT for the detection of hepatocellular carcinomas: Relative value of arterial- and late-phase scanning

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 440-444

  Choi, B I ^a   Cho, J M ^a   Han, J K ^a   Choi, D S ^a   Han, M C ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), technology; Hepatocellular carcinoma, CT; Liver, CT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; MEGLUMINE IOGLICATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IODINE; IODIZED OIL; IOTHALAMIC ACID; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029820068     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900099     Document Type: Article

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