Multidetector computed tomography triphasic evaluation of the liver before transplantation: Importance of equilibrium phase washout and morphology for characterizing hypervascular lesions

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-219

  Liu, Yueyi I ^a   Kamaya, Aya ^a   Jeffrey, R Brooke ^a   Shin, Lewis K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hepatocellular carcinoma; hypervascular liver lesions; multidetector CT

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; EQUILIBRIUM PHASIS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; HYPERVASCULAR LIVER LESION; LIVER LESIONS; MORPHOLOGY CHARACTERIZATIONS; MULTIDETECTOR CT; PHASE IMAGING; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; TRI-PHASIC;

MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84859168743     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318247c8f0     Document Type: Article

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