CT prediction of histological grade of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma: Utility of the portal phase

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 89-98

  Nishie, Akihiro ^a   Yoshimitsu, Kengo ^a   Okamoto, Daisuke ^a   Tajima, Tsuyoshi ^a   Asayama, Yoshiki ^a   Ishigami, Kousei ^a   Kakihara, Daisuke ^a   Nakayama, Tomohiro ^a   Takayama, Yukihisa ^a   Shirabe, Ken ^a   Fujita, Nobuhiro ^a   Honda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HCC; Histological architecture; Histological grade; Portal phase; Washout

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878406667     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-012-0149-5     Document Type: Article

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