Evaluation of posttreatment response of hepatocellular carcinoma with contrast-enhanced coded phase-inversion harmonic US: Comparison with dynamic CT

Radiology

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 721-730

  Ding, H ^a   Kudo, M ^a   Onda, H ^a   Suetomi, Y ^a   Minami, Y ^a   Chung, H ^a   Kawasaki, T ^a   Maekawa, K ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies; Computed tomography (CT), helical; Liver neoplasms, CT; Liver neoplasms, therapy; Liver neoplasms, US; Microbubbles; Ultrasound (US), comparative studies; Ultrasound (US), contrast media; Ultrasound (US), harmonic study

Indexed keywords

EPIRUBICIN; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD FLOW; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0035181193     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2213010358     Document Type: Article

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