Hepatocellular carcinoma treated with radio frequency ablation: An early evaluation with magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 546-551

  Khankan, Azzam A ^a   Murakami, Takamichi ^b   Onishi, Hiromitsu ^c   Matsushita, Masaki ^d   Iannaccone, Riccardo ^e   Aoki, Yoshiko ^d   Tono, Takeshi ^d   Kim, Tonsok ^c   Hori, Masatoshi ^d   Osuga, Keigo ^c   Passariello, Roberto ^e   Nakamura, Hironobu ^c  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); Liver neoplasms; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Radio frequency ablation (RFA); Therapy evaluation

Indexed keywords

IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40449133249     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21050     Document Type: Article

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