Hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients at multidetector CT: Hepatic venous phase versus delayed phase for the detection of tumour washout

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1001, 2011, Pages 403-412

  Furlan, Alessandro ^a,b   Marin, D ^c,d   Vanzulli, A ^e   Palermo Patera, G ^f   Ronzoni, A ^g   Midiri, M ^f   Bazzocchi, M ^a   Lagalla, R ^f   Brancatelli, G ^b,f,h  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e AO Niguarda Ca Granda ^*  (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^g Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital   (Italy)

^h LA MADDALENA CANCER CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL; IOMERON 350; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955095790     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/18329080     Document Type: Article

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