Classification of Hypervascular Liver Lesions Based on Hepatic Artery and Portal Vein Blood Supply Coefficients Calculated from Triphasic CT Scans

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 213-223

  Boas, F Edward ^a   Kamaya, Aya ^b   Do, Bao ^c   Desser, Terry S ^b   Beaulieu, Christopher F ^b   Vasanawala, Shreyas S ^b   Hwang, Gloria L ^b   Sze, Daniel Y ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Enhancement; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver lesions; Triphasic CT; Washout

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; LIVER LESIONS; REGIONS OF INTEREST; TRI-PHASIC; WASHOUT;

LIVER;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924813255     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-014-9725-9     Document Type: Article

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