Apparent diffusion coefficient value of diffusion-weighted imaging for hepatocellular carcinoma: Correlation with the histologic differentiation and the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-303

  Heo, Suk Hee ^a   Jeong, Yong Yeon ^a   Shin, Sang Soo ^b   Kim, Jin Woong ^a   Lim, Hyo Soon ^a   Lee, Jae Hyuk ^a   Koh, Yang Seok ^a   Cho, Chol Kyoon ^a   Kang, Heoung Keun ^a,b  

^a Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Liver neoplasm; Liver neoplasm, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion study

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 77952577288     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2010.11.3.295     Document Type: Article

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