Dynamic CT for detecting small hepatocellular carcinoma: Usefulness of delayed phase imaging

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-153

  Monzawa, Shuichi ^a,b   Ichikawa, Tomoaki ^c   Nakajima, Hiroto ^c   Kitanaka, Yuki ^c,d   Omata, Kosaku ^a   Araki, Tsutomu ^c  

^a YAMANASHI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HYOGO MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADULTS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^d Yokohama Sakae Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Delayed phase CT; Dynamic CT; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver disease; Oncologic imaging; Triphasic CT

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DELAYED PHASE IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TRIPHASIC DYNAMIC COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845788013     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0512     Document Type: Article

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