Small hepatocellular carcinoma: Differentiation from adenomatous hyperplasia with color Doppler US and dynamic Gd-DTPA-enhanced MR imaging

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-48

  Lencioni, R ^a   Mascalchi, M ^a   Caramella, D ^a   Bartolozzi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liver neoplams, MR; Liver neoplams, US; Liver neoplasms; Liver neoplasms, diagnosis; Liver, cirrhosis; US, Doppler study

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0030064647     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900007     Document Type: Article

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