Results of radio frequency ablation of primary and secondary liver tumors: long-term follow-up with computed tomography and positron emission tomography-18F-deoxyfluoroglucose scanning.
T J BlokhuisM C van der SchaafM P van den TolE F I ComansR A ManoliuJ R M van der SijpPublished in: Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology. Supplement (2005)
Tumor recurrence is comparable with that in other studies. Centrally located tumors showed more recurrence than peripheral tumors. The use of PET in combination with CT scan at follow-up may lead to earlier detection of tumor recurrence than contrast-enhanced CT alone.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- positron emission tomography
- contrast enhanced
- dual energy
- diffusion weighted
- magnetic resonance imaging
- image quality
- free survival
- pet imaging
- diffusion weighted imaging
- high resolution
- magnetic resonance
- label free
- pet ct
- mass spectrometry
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- electron microscopy