Assessment of therapeutic response in hepatocellular carcinoma treated with percutaneous radio frequency ablation: Comparison of multiphase helical computed tomography and power Doppler ultrasonography with a microbubble contrast agent

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 391-401

  Choi, Dongil ^a   Lim, Hyo K ^a   Kim, Seung Hoon ^a   Lee, Won Jae ^a   Jang, Hyun Jung ^a   Kim, Hana ^a   Lee, Soon Jin ^a   Lim, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Contrast media; Liver neoplasms; Power Doppler studies; Radio frequency ablation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

RADIO FREQUENCY ABLATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GALACTOSE;

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036207322     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2002.21.4.391     Document Type: Article

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