Imaging well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma with dynamic triple-phase helical computed tomography

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 944, 2006, Pages 659-665

  Li, C S ^a,c   Chen, R C ^a,c,d   Tu, H Y ^a   Shih, L S ^b   Zhang, T A ^b   Lii, J M ^a   Chen, W T ^a   Duh, S J ^a   Chiang, L C ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics Tapei City Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME; EVALUATION; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33747609308     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/12699987     Document Type: Article

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