Added value of 80 kVp images to averaged 120 kVp images in the detection of hepatocellular carcinomas in liver transplantation candidates using dual-source dual-energy MDCT: Results of JAFROC analysis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Park, Ji Hoon ^a   Kim, Se Hyung ^a   Park, Hee Sun ^b   Kim, Gi Hyeon ^c   Lee, Jae Young ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a   Han, Joon Koo ^a   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dual energy CT; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053647245     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.08.018     Document Type: Article

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