Effects of vascularity and differentiation of hepatocellular carcinoma on tumor and liver stiffness: In vivo and in vitro studies

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 739-746

  Ling, Wenwu ^a   Lu, Qiang ^a   Lu, Changli ^a   Quan, Jierong ^a   Ma, Lin ^a   Li, Jiawu ^a   He, Du ^a   Liu, Jianping ^a   Yang, Jiaying ^a   Wen, Tianfu ^a   Wu, Hong ^a   Zhu, Hongguang ^b   Luo, Yan ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elastography point quantification; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver stiffness measurement; Tissue elastometer; Tumor vascularity; Ultrasound elastography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; SHEAR WAVES; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

ELASTOGRAPHY; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LIVER STIFFNESS; TUMOR VASCULARITY; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

STIFFNESS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY POINT QUANTIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ELASTOGRAPHY POINT QUANTIFICATION; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT; TISSUE ELASTOMETER; TUMOR VASCULARITY; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896697092     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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