Usefulness of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography with abdominal virtual ultrasonography in assessing therapeutic response in hepatocellular carcinoma treated with radiofrequency ablation

Liver International

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1241-1247

  Kisaka, Yoshiyasu ^a   Hirooka, Masasi ^a   Kumagi, Teru ^a   Uehara, Takahide ^a   Hiasa, Yoichi ^a   Kumano, Seishi ^a   Tanaka, Hiroaki ^a   Michitaka, Kojiro ^a   Horiike, Norio ^a   Mochizuki, Teruhito ^a   Onji, Morikazu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasonography; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radio frequency ablation; Therapeutic response; Virtual ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750989882     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2006.01367.x     Document Type: Article

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