Xenon-Inhalation Computed Tomography for Noninvasive Quantitative Measurement of Tissue Blood Flow in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 210-215

  Murakami, Takamichi ^a   Hori, Masatoshi ^a   Kim, Tonsok ^a   Hashimoto, Kazuhiko ^a   Dono, Keizo ^a   Hayashi, Shoho ^a   Sugihara, Eiji ^a   Nagano, Hiroaki ^a   Sase, Shigeru ^b   Sakon, Masato ^a   Monden, Morito ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Integrity Healthcare Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Tissue blood flow; Xenon gas

Indexed keywords

XENON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 12144288639     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000119147.62137.fd     Document Type: Article

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