Open AccessMRI versus 64-row MDCT for diagnosis of hepatocellularcarcinoma
Author(s) -
Michael Bernhard Pitton,
Roman Kloeckner,
Silvani Herber,
Gerd Otto,
K.-F. Kreitner,
Christoph Dueber
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.6044
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear medicine , nodule (geology) , hepatocellular carcinoma , radiology , biopsy , neuroradiology , paleontology , cancer research , neurology , psychiatry , biology
To compare the diagnostic capability of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumour nodules and their effect on patient management.