Hepatocellular carcinoma: Are combined CT during arterial portography and CT hepatic arteriography in addition to triple-phase helical CT all necessary for preoperative evaluation?

Radiology

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 373-380

  Jang, Hyun Jung ^a   Lim, Jae Hoon ^a   Lee, Soon Jin ^a   Park, Cheol Keun ^a   Park, Hong Suk ^a   Do, Young Soo ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies; Liver neoplasms; Liver neoplasms, CT; Liver, CT

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL; IOPAMIRO 300;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER ARTERIOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0343570102     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.2.r00ma30373     Document Type: Article

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