Computed tomography appearance of high-dose-irradiated hepatic parenchyma surrounding small tumors after stereotactic radiotherapy

Nippon Acta Radiologica

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 549-556

  Wada, Hitoshi ^a   Nemoto, Kenji ^b   Majima, Kazuhiro ^a   Hitachi, Shin ^a   Sato, Akihiro ^b   Tominaga, Kunihiko ^a   Yamada, Shogo ^b  

^a Takeda General Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed Tomography; Liver; Radiation hepatitis; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOGRAPHY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036725293     PISSN: 00480428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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