CT-guided biopsy of small liver lesions: Visibility, artifacts, and corresponding diagnostic accuracy

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 928-935

  Stattaus, Joerg ^a   Kuehl, Hilmar ^a   Ladd, Susanne ^a   Schroeder, Tobias ^a   Antoch, Gerald ^a   Baba, Hideo A ^a   Barkhausen, Joerg ^a   Forsting, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Interventional radiology

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34848921746     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-007-9023-8     Document Type: Article

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