Advancement in HCC imaging: diagnosis, staging and treatment efficacy assessments: imaging diagnosis and staging of hepatocellular carcinoma.

摘要: Diagnostic confirmation and assessment of disease extent are crucial for proper management patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Imaging studies play a role in the diagnosis staging HCC. The imaging techniques commonly used HCC include ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging. Currently, improvements technology make noninvasive reliable diagnostic nodules possible cirrhotic liver. Biopsy is infrequently required prior to treatment, strongly dependent on hemodynamic features (arterial hypervascularity washout venous phase) dynamic Accurate important determining prognosis deciding optimal treatment each patient. In addition, although there strong demand an accurate tool detect smaller tumors, until now, major challenge radiologists cirrhosis characterization small Further improvement technologies including functional such as elastography, perfusion diffusion imaging, development new contrast media will undoubtedly improve detection tumors. this article, we present summary most recent information