Hypervascular liver metastases: Do unenhanced and hepatic arterial phase CT images affect tumor detection?

Radiology

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 709-715

  Oliver III, James H ^a   Baron, Richard L ^a   Federle, Michael P ^a   Jones, Brian C ^a   Sheng, Reuben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), contrast enhancement; Computed tomography (CT), helical; Liver neoplasms, secondary; Liver, CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0030688055     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.205.3.9393525     Document Type: Article

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