title: State-of-the-art ultrasonography of hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Over the last few decades sonographic techniques have progressed remarkably. Recent advances in ultrasonography include harmonics, real-time spatial compound imaging, adaptive image processing, 3D power Doppler imaging and contrast-enhanced gray-scale harmonic ultrasonography. These advances have had positive effects on the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinomas and on the evaluation of their responses to therapy. In this article, we review recent sonographic advances for the diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular carcinomas and its typical imaging features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Byung Ihn
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Joon Koo
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Jeong Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Se Hyung
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods