Optimizing scan delays of fixed duration contrast injection in contrast-enhanced biphasic multidetector-row CT for the liver and the detection of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-201

  Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a,b   Goshima, Satoshi ^a   Kondo, Hiroshi ^a   Nishibori, Hironori ^a   Kato, Hiroki ^a   Yokoyama, Ryujiro ^b   Miyoshi, Toshiharu ^b   Hoshi, Hiroaki ^a   Onozuka, Minoru ^c   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^d  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Contrast enhancement; Helical CT; Liver; Liver CT; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

LIVER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; HEPATIC VEINS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LIVER COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM;

BLOOD VESSELS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; IOHEXOL; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST DIFFERENCE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; HYPERVASCULAR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPLEEN;

EID: 20144373408     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000155062.50236.59     Document Type: Article

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