Evaluating local hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence post-transcatheter arterial chemoembolization: Is diffusion-weighted MRI reliable as an indicator?

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 834-839

  Goshima, Satoshi ^a   Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a   Kondo, Hiroshi ^a   Yokoyama, Ryujiro ^a   Tsuge, Yusuke ^a   Shiratori, Yoshimune ^b   Onozuka, Minoru ^c   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^d  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Liver; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; ROC CURVE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41949131828     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21316     Document Type: Article

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