Imaging features of small hepatocellular carcinomas with microvascular invasion on gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2507-2512

  Kim, Myeong Jin ^a   Lee, Myungsu ^a   Choi, Jin Young ^a   Park, Young Nyun ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Gadoxetic acid disodium (Gd EOB DTPA); Hepatocellular carcinoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microvascular invasion

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865235318     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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