Enhancement patterns of hepatocellular carcinomas on multiphasic multidetector row CT: Comparison with pathological differentiation

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1017, 2012, Pages

  Lee, J H ^a   Lee, J M ^a   Kim, S J ^a   Baek, J H ^a   Yun, S H ^a   Kim, K W ^a   Han, J K ^a   Choi, B I ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866071445     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/86767895     Document Type: Article

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