Indeterminate small, low-attenuating hepatocellular nodules on helical CT in patients with chronic liver disease: 2-Year follow-up

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 266-272

  Jung, Wook Seo ^a,b   Jae, Hoon Lim ^a   Choi, Dongil ^a   Jang, Hyun Jung ^a,c   Won, Jae Lee ^a   Hyo, Keun Lim ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Computed tomography (CT); Contrast enhancement; CT; Helical; Liver neoplasms; Liver nodules

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LOW-ATTENUATING NODULES; NODULAR LESIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IODIZED OIL; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 20444477822     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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