Can microvessel invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma be predicted by pre-operative MRI?

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1744-1751

  Kim, Honsoul ^a   Park, Mi Suk ^a,c   Choi, Jin Young ^a   Park, Young Nyun ^a   Kim, Myeong Jin ^a   Kim, Kyung Sik ^a   Choi, Jin Sub ^a   Han, Kwang Hyub ^a   Kim, Eun Ju ^b   Kim, Ki Whang ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Microvessel tumor invasion; MRI; Peritumoral enhancement

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67349283477     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1331-8     Document Type: Article

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