Changes in tumor vascularity precede microbubble contrast accumulation deficit in the process of dedifferentiation of hepatocellular carcinoma

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Maruyama, Hitoshi ^a   Takahashi, Masanori ^a   Ishibashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Okabe, Shinichiro ^a   Yoshikawa, Masaharu ^a   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Nodule in nodule; Sonazoid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; HARMONIC IMAGING; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LOW MECHANICAL INDEX; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICROBUBBLE CONTRASTS; PHASE ENHANCEMENT; PHASE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VASCULARITY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

ULTRASONICS;

IOPAMIDOL; IOPAMIRON 350; PERFLUBUTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OXIDES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953871570     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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