Assessment of the therapeutic response of hepatocellular carcinoma treated with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization: Comparison of contrast-enhanced sonography and 3-phase computed tomography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 477-486

  Kim, Hyun Jin ^a,b   Kim, Tae Kyoung ^a,c   Kim, Pyo Nyun ^a   Kim, Ah Young ^a   Ko, Eun Young ^a   Kim, Kyoung Won ^a   Sung, Kyu Bo ^a   Ha, Hyun Kwon ^a   Kim, Hyun Cheol ^a   Lee, Moon Gyu ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood supply; Contrast media; Liver neoplasm; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

ARTERIAL CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; BLOOD SUPPLY; LIVER NEOPLASM; SONOGRAPHY;

ONCOLOGY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL; IOPAMIRO 300; IOPROMIDE; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 33646061950     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.4.477     Document Type: Article

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