Assessment of treatment efficacy in radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Comparison between multiplanar reconstruction by multi-detector row CT and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography by Truagent detection mode

Hepatology Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-75

  Imai, Yasuharu ^a   Okamoto, Naoko ^a   Tateiwa, Nobuyuki ^a   Hasebe, Osamu ^a   Nagata, Atsuo ^a   Imai, Shun ^a   Makita, Hiroto ^a  

^a Nagano Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast ultrasound; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Multi detector row CT; Multiplanar reconstruction; Radiofrequency ablation; Treatment efficacy

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646101688     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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