Does iodine concentration affect the diagnostic efficacy of biphasic spiral CT in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma?

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 274-280

  Marchiano A ^a   Spreafico, C ^a   Lanocita, R ^a   Frigerio, L ^a   Di Tolla, G ^a   Patelli, G ^a   Garbagnati, F ^a   Heiman, F ^b   Taroni, P ^b   Damascelli, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Bracco Imaging SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; High concentration iodinated contrast medium; Iomeprol; Liver imaging; Liver tumor staging; Multiphase spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 21244503171     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-004-0233-0     Document Type: Article

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