Hepatocellular carcinoma: Diagnostic guidelines

Abstract

Imaging is used to screen, detect, characterized, grade, stage and follow-up hepatocellular carcinoma lesions and to evaluate the severity of the underlying liver disease. In this chapter, we will summarize the different worldwide diagnostic guidelines assisting decisions to be taken in the process of hepatocarcinogenesis with a deep insight into similarities and differences. The differences in modalities, protocols, dynamic and intracellular contrast-enhanced approaches, main and secondary criteria, vocabulary, ontology, terminology and pitfalls will be discus and highlighted. The structured standardized radiology reporting and radiomics quantitative information will be also highlighted.