Detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: Added value of coronal reformations from isotropic voxels with 64-MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 180-187

  Marin, Daniele ^a   Catalano, Carlo ^a   De Filippis, Gianmaria ^a   Di Martino, Michele ^a   Guerrisi, Antonino ^a   Rossi, Massimo ^a   Passariello, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Coronal reformations; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver; MDCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 58149236764     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3652     Document Type: Article

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