CT features and quantification of the characteristics of adrenocortical carcinomas on unenhanced and contrast-enhanced studies

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-46

  Zhang, H M ^a,b   Perrier, N D ^a   Grubbs, E G ^a   Sircar, K ^a   Ye, Z X ^a,c   Lee, J E ^a   Ng, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^c TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; IOHEXOL; OMIPAQUE 300; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PERCENTAGE OF CONTRAST AGENT ENHANCEMENT WASHOUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RELATIVE PERCENTAGE OF CONTRAST AGENT ENHANCEMENT WASHOUT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR THROMBUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84655167609     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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