Evolution of hypointense hepatocellular nodules observed only in the hepatobiliary phase of gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MRI

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-63

  Kumada, Takashi ^a   Toyoda, Hidenori ^a   Tada, Toshifumi ^a   Sone, Yasuhiro ^a   Fujimori, Masashi ^a   Ogawa, Sadanobu ^a   Ishikawa, Teruyoshi ^a  

^a OGAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gadoxetate disodium; Hepatocellular carcinoma; MRI; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960488895     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5390     Document Type: Article

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