Differentiating focal eosinophilic necrosis of the liver from hepatic metastases using unenhanced and portal venous phase computed tomographic imagings: Results of univariate and multivariate statistical analyses

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 705-709

  Choi, Joon Il ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^b   Kim, Se Hyung ^b   Lee, Jae Young ^b   Lee, Min Woo ^c   Han, Chang Jin ^b   Han, Joon Koo ^b   Choi, Byung Ihn ^b  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Liver CT; Liver focal eosinophilic necrosis; Liver metastasis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PATHOLOGY; WETLANDS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; IRREGULAR SHAPE; LIVER COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; LIVER FOCAL EOSINOPHILIC NECROSE; LIVER METASTASIS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PHASE IMAGE; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; UNIVARIATE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOCAL EOSINOPHILIC NECROSIS; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 70349748813     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181949b3b     Document Type: Article

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