Dual-energy-CT of hypervascular liver lesions in patients with HCC: Investigation of image quality and sensitivity

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 738-743

  Altenbernd, Jens ^a   Heusner, Till A ^a   Ringelstein, Adrian ^a   Ladd, Susanne C ^a   Forsting, Michael ^a   Antoch, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dual energy CT; HCC; Hypervascular liver lesion; Liver; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBJECTIVE IMAGE QUALITY; VASCULAR LESION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79954590723     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1964-7     Document Type: Article

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