Evaluation of the therapeutic effect using MD-CT immediately after RFA for HCC

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 53, Issue 70, 2006, Pages 558-560

  Ninomiya, Toshiaki ^a   Seo, Yasushi ^a   Yano, Yoshihiko ^a   Nakaji, Miyuki ^a   Hamano, Kenichi ^a   Katayama, Megumi ^a   Tsurusaki, Masakatsu ^a   Yoon, Seitetsu ^b   Kasaga, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Multidetector row helical computed tomography (MD CT); Multiplanar reconstruction (MPR); Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)

Indexed keywords

IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748640424     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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