Evaluation of Hypervascular Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhotic Liver by Means of Helical CT: Comparison of Different Contrast Medium Concentrations within the Same Patient

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 239-245

  Sultana, Shamima ^a   Morishita, Shoji ^a   Awai, Kazuo ^a   Kawanaka, Koichi ^a   Ohyama, Yoichi ^a   Nakayama, Yoshiharu ^a   Imuta, Masanori ^a   Arakawa, Akihiko ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast medium; CT; Liver

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IODINE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0942265210     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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