Helical CT screening for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: Frequency and causes of false-positive interpretation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1007-1014

  Brancatelli, Giuseppe ^a   Baron, Richard L ^a,b   Peterson, Mark S ^a,c   Marsh, Wallis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Radiology Limited Tucson   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037377791     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.4.1801007     Document Type: Article

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