David S K Lu

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1 Liver transplantation criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma should be expanded: a 22-year experience with 467 patients at UCLA. Ann Surg 2007 2.12
2 Macrovesicular hepatic steatosis in living related liver donors: correlation between CT and histologic findings. Radiology 2004 1.80
3 Microwave liver ablation: influence of hepatic vein size on heat-sink effect in a porcine model. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2008 1.70
4 Irreversible electroporation in porcine liver: acute computed tomography appearance of ablation zone with histopathologic correlation. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2013 1.32
5 Effect of CT on false positive diagnosis of appendicitis and perforation. N Engl J Med 2008 1.31
6 Hepatocellular carcinoma: microwave ablation with multiple straight and loop antenna clusters--pilot comparison with pathologic findings. Radiology 2006 1.20
7 Utility of 16-MDCT angiography for comprehensive preoperative vascular evaluation of laparoscopic renal donors. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2006 1.18
8 Accuracy of nonfocused helical CT for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: a 5-year review. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2002 1.17
9 Irreversible electroporation in porcine liver: short- and long-term effect on the hepatic veins and adjacent tissue by CT with pathological correlation. Invest Radiol 2012 1.17
10 Minimizing diaphragmatic injury during radio-frequency ablation: efficacy of subphrenic peritoneal saline injection in a porcine model. Radiology 2002 1.16
11 Intraoperative triple antenna hepatic microwave ablation. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2006 1.15
12 CT and MRI improve detection of hepatocellular carcinoma, compared with ultrasound alone, in patients with cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2010 1.13
13 Staging of pancreatic adenocarcinoma by imaging studies. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008 1.11
14 Surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma improves survival in Asian-American patients with hepatitis B: results from a community-based clinic. Dig Dis Sci 2009 1.09
15 Pancreatic and peripancreatic diseases mimicking primary pancreatic neoplasia. Radiographics 2005 1.07
16 Esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients: evaluation with liver CT. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2007 1.05
17 Clear cell renal cell carcinoma: multiphasic multidetector CT imaging features help predict genetic karyotypes. Radiology 2011 1.02
18 Surgically relevant normal and variant renal parenchymal and vascular anatomy in preoperative 16-MDCT evaluation of potential laparoscopic renal donors. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2007 1.00
19 Utility of breath-hold fast-recovery fast spin-echo t2 versus respiratory-triggered fast spin-echo T2 in clinical hepatic imaging. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2005 1.00
20 Assessment of chronological effects of irreversible electroporation on hilar bile ducts in a porcine model. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2013 0.96
21 The utility of MRCP in preoperative mapping of biliary anatomy in adult-to-adult living related liver transplant donors. J Magn Reson Imaging 2004 0.95
22 Survival in Asian Americans after treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma: a seven-year experience at UCLA. J Clin Gastroenterol 2010 0.92
23 Minimizing central bile duct injury during radiofrequency ablation: use of intraductal chilled saline perfusion--initial observations from a study in pigs. Radiology 2004 0.89
24 Detection and grading of esophageal varices on liver CT: comparison of standard and thin-section multiplanar reconstructions in diagnostic accuracy. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2011 0.89
25 Radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: can subcapsular tumors be safely ablated? AJR Am J Roentgenol 2008 0.88
26 Pancreatic cystic lesions: discrimination accuracy based on clinical data and high resolution CT features. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2007 0.88
27 Interpretation of CT and MRI after radiofrequency ablation of hepatic malignancies. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2003 0.86
28 Performance of multidetector computed tomographic angiography in determining surgical resectability of pancreatic head adenocarcinoma. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2010 0.82
29 Computed tomography characteristics of hepatic and splenic abscesses associated with melioidosis: a 7-year study. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol 2011 0.81
30 Recurrent hepatic lymphangiomatosis after orthotopic liver transplantation. Liver Transpl 2007 0.80
31 MR-guided percutaneous ethanol injection for hepatocellular carcinoma in a 0.2T open MR system. J Magn Reson Imaging 2005 0.80
32 Prevalence of incidental findings on abdominal computed tomography angiograms on prospective renal donors. Transplantation 2015 0.78
33 The cost of screening esophageal varices: traditional endoscopy versus computed tomography. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2014 0.77
34 Patient gender-related performance of nonfocused helical computed tomography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2003 0.77
35 Comparison of dynamic gadolinium-enhanced and ferumoxides-enhanced MRI of the liver on high- and low-field scanners. J Magn Reson Imaging 2004 0.77
36 Doppler US for suspicion of hepatic arterial ischemia in orthotopically transplanted livers: role of central versus intrahepatic waveform analysis. Radiology 2013 0.77
37 Ten-year experience with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: case-control analysis of risk factors. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2009 0.75
38 Pancreatic cystic lesions: discrimination accuracy based on clinical data and high-resolution computed tomographic features. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2008 0.75
39 Efficacy of CT angiography for preoperative vascular mapping in adult to adult living related liver transplant donors. J Med Assoc Thai 2011 0.75
40 Preoperative imaging in adult-to-adult living related liver transplant donors: what surgeons want to know. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2004 0.75