Determination of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Characterization of Hepatic Focal Lesions with Adaptive Multi-Exponential Intravoxel Incoherent Motion Model

PURPOSE: To distinguish hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) from other types of hepatic lesions with the adaptive multi-exponential IVIM model. METHODS: 94 hepatic focal lesions, including 38 HCC, 16 metastasis, 12 focal nodular hyperplasia, 13 cholangiocarcinoma, and 15 hemangioma, were examined in this...

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Main Authors: Hong-Xia Zhang, Xiu-Shi Zhang, Zi-Xiang Kuai, Yang Zhou, Yun-Feng Sun, Zhi-Chang Ba, Kuang-Bang He, Xi-Qiao Sang, Yuan-Fei Yao, Chun-Yu Chu, Yue-Min Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Translational Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193652331830370X