Differential diagnosis of early homogeneously enhancing hepatocellular carcinoma and hemangioma by two-phase CT

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-368

  Hanafusa, Kaoru ^a   Ohashi, Isamu ^a   Gomi, Naoya ^a   Himeno, Yoshiro ^a   Wakita, Toshiko ^a   Shibuya, Hitoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hemangioma; Liver, neoplasms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CLASSIFIEDS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOMINANT PHASIS; HAEMANGIOMA; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; OVERALL ACCURACIES; PHASE IMAGE; TWO PHASE;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION;

EID: 0030976248     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199705000-00005     Document Type: Article

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