Differentiation of small hepatic hemangioma from small hepatocellular carcinoma: Recently introduced spectral CT method

Radiology

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 720-729

  Lv, Peijie ^a   Lin, Xiao Zhu ^a   Li, Jianying ^b   Li, Weixia ^a   Chen, Kemin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHIODIZED OIL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 79956323261     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11101425     Document Type: Article

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