Using low tube voltage (80 kVp) quadruple phase liver CT for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma: Two-year experience and comparison with Gd-EOB-DTPA enhanced liver MRI

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Chang Hee ^a   Kim, Kyeong Ah ^a   Lee, Jongmee ^a   Park, Yang Shin ^a   Choi, Jae Woong ^a   Park, Cheol Min ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CT; GD EOB DTPA; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Low kVp CT; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID; IOPROMIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862802708     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.12.033     Document Type: Article

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