Assessment of hepatocellular carcinoma vascularity before and after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization by using first pass perfusion weighted MR imaging

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1152-1156

  Zhao, Jun Gong ^a   Feng, Gan Sheng ^b   Kong, Xiang Quan ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Li, Ming Hua ^a   Cheng, Ying Sheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 2342422004     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i8.1152     Document Type: Article

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