Optimal acquisition delay for dynamic contrast- Enhanced MRI of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 686-692

  Goshima, Satoshi ^a,b   Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a,c   Kondo, Hiroshi ^a   Shiratori, Yoshimune ^c   Onozuka, Minoru ^d   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^e   Bae, Kyongtae T ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gadolinium; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 63049137738     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1255     Document Type: Article

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