Characterization of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma using low-angel x-ray scattering signatures of serum

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Elshemey, Wael M ^a   Desouky, Omar S ^b   Mohammed, Mohammed S ^c   Elsayed, Anwar A ^a   El houseini, Motawa E ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR RADIATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; DISEASES; TUMORS; X RAY SCATTERING;

CARCINOMA;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

PLASMA PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0141514429     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/17/401     Document Type: Article

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