Transient hepatic attenuation difference (THAD) following transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for hepatic malignancy: Changes on serial CT examinations

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1596-1603

  Hwang, Sung Ho ^a   Yu, Jeong Sik ^a   Chung, Jin ^a   Chung, Jae Joon ^a   Kim, Joo Hee ^a   Kim, Ki Whang ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemotherapeutic embolization; CT; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT HEPATIC ATTENUATION DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48949116772     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-0916-y     Document Type: Article

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