Computer tomography, radionuclide imaging and ultrasonography in hepatic mass lesions
| Autor: | Samuel B. Feinberg, Eugene Gedgaudas, Laura Knight, Mathis P. Frick, Merle K. Loken |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Hepatic mass Liver Diseases Ultrasound Liver Neoplasms General Engineering General Medicine Liver ultrasound medicine Humans Radionuclide imaging Radiology Tomography Ultrasonography business Nuclear medicine Radionuclide Imaging Tomography X-Ray Computed Preclinical imaging Radionuclide Scans |
| Zdroj: | Computerized tomography. 3(1) |
| ISSN: | 0363-8235 |
| Popis: | The livers of 86 patients comprising this report were examined by both transmission computerized tomography (CT) and radionuclide scans (LS). Fifty-nine of them were also examined by gray-scale ultrasound (US). In a comparative study, the strengths and weaknesses of each modality were evaluated. CT demonstrated 85%,US 82%, and LS 73% of masses involving the liver. Because of better resolution and sectioning capabilities, together with stop-motion imaging, CT and US detected smaller and deeper mass lesions than did LS. However, LS was more informative in hepatocellular disorders than was US or CT. Our experience indicates that information obtained on the liver and surrounding structures by each imaging modality used here tends to be somewhat unique, and thus these procedures complement one another rather than being competitive. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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