Optimal scan window for detection of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinomas during MDCT examination

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 198-206

  Kim, Myeong Jin ^a   Jin, Young Choi ^a   Joon, Seok Lim ^a   Jin, Yong Kim ^a   Joo, Hee Kim ^a   Young, Taik Oh ^a   Eun, Hye Yoo ^a   Jae, Joon Chung ^a   Ki, Whang Kim ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Contrast media; CT technique; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver; MDCT

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OPTIMAL SCAN WINDOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TIME; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33747103927     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0257     Document Type: Article

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