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Contents
ABSTRACT 10
I. INTRODUCTION 13
II. MATERIALS AND METHODS 15
1. Patients Selection 15
2. Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MRI Protocols 16
3. Conventional Transarterial Chemoembolization Protocols 17
4. Intraprocedural DP-CBCT Technique 19
5. Image Analysis 20
6. Statistical Analysis 22
III. RESULTS 23
IV. DISCUSSION 35
V. CONCLUSION 41
REFERENCES 42
Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients with HCC before treatment 27
Table 2. Sensitivity of AP-CBCT and DP-CBCT in detecting HCCs... 28
Fig 1. A 53-year-old male patient with right hepatectomy and recurred... 29
Fig 2. A 64-year-old male patient with recurred HCCs in segments 5 and 6... 31
Fig 3. A 46-year-old male patient with two hepatocellular carcinomas... 33
Fig 4. Comparison between lesions found only in DP-CBCT (n=31 in 19... 34