Multi-slice CT angiography by triple-phase enhancement in preoperative evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 844-849

  Xiao, Xi Gang ^a   Han, Xue ^a   Shan, Wei Dong ^a   Li, An Yuan ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiographic image enhancement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER VENOOCCLUSIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 19944420859     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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