Hepatocellular Carcinoma Likelihood on MRI Exams. Evaluation of a Standardized Categorization System

Academic Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 694-698

  Petruzzi, Nicholas ^a   Mitchell, Donald ^a   Guglielmo, Flavius ^a   O'Kane, Patrick ^a   Deshmukh, Sandeep ^a   Roth, Christopher ^a   Shortt, Conor ^b   Balfour, Stephen ^a   Parker, Laurence ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

HCC; Hepatocellular carcinoma; LI RADS; LIRADS; Liver MRI; Standardized reporting; Structured reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXPLANT; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; READING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84877588879     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.01.016     Document Type: Article

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