Early Detection of Local RFA Site Recurrence Using Total Liver Volume Perfusion CT. Initial Experience

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1215-1222

  Meijerink, Martijn R ^a   van Waesberghe, Jan Hein T M ^a   van der Weide, Lineke ^a   van den Tol, Petrousjka ^a   Meijer, Sybren ^a   Comans, Emile F ^a   Golding, Richard P ^a   van Kuijk, Cornelis ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Liver metastases; perfusion computed tomography (CTP); positron emission tomography (PET); radiofrequency ablation (RFA); tumor recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; PERFUSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERFUSION IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69449095265     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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