Fate of hypointense lesions on Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2973-2977

  Akai, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsuda, Izuru ^a   Kiryu, Shigeru ^a,b   Tajima, Taku ^a   Takao, Hidemasa ^a   Watanabe, Yasushi ^a,c   Imamura, Hiroshi ^a,c   Kokudo, Norihiro ^a,d   Akahane, Masaaki ^a   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gadoxetic acid; Gd EOB DTPA; Hepatocellular carcinoma; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOXETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867004158     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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