Recommended iodine dose for multiphasic contrast-enhanced mutidetector-row computed tomography imaging of liver for assessing hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma: multicenter prospective study in 77 general hospitals in Japan.

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Published in Acad Radiol on September 01, 2013

Authors

Tomoaki Ichikawa1, Masahiro Okada, Hiroshi Kondo, Hironobu Sou, Takamichi Murakami, Masayuki Kanematsu, Shushi Yoshikawa, Kazuhito Shiosakai, Akiko Hayakawa, Kazuo Awai, Kengo Yoshimitsu, Yasuyuki Yamashita

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan. ichikawa@yamanashi.ac.jp

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