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Overview

Joon Koo Han is affiliated with Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea. Their research activity focuses primarily on the field of Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Hepatology, Epidemiology, Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Oncology as subfields of expertise.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics including Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Liver Disease and Transplantation, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, MRI in cancer diagnosis, and Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • European Radiology
  • ULTRASONOGRAPHY
  • Korean Journal of Radiology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Radiology

The scientist has coauthored numerous papers with several frequent contributors such as Jae Seok Bae, Dong Ho Lee, Jung Hoon Kim, Hyo-Jin Kang, and Jae Young Lee.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Joon Koo Han are:

  • Accuracy of Two-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography and Attenuation Imaging for Evaluation of Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, 2020, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Gadoxetate-enhanced MRI Features of Proliferative Hepatocellular Carcinoma Are Prognostic after Surgery, 2021, Radiology
  • Contrast-enhanced US with Sulfur Hexafluoride and Perfluorobutane for the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Individuals with High Risk, 2020, Radiology
  • Deep learning-based decision support system for the diagnosis of neoplastic gallbladder polyps on ultrasonography: Preliminary results, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Prognostic Value of Tumor Regression Grade on MR in Rectal Cancer: A Large-Scale, Single-Center Experience, 2020, Korean Journal of Radiology

Best Publications

  • Systematic Review of Randomized Trials for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated With Percutaneous Ablation Therapies

    Yun Ku Cho;Jae Kyun Kim;Mi Young Kim;Hyunchul Rhim

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Diagnostic Performance of Multidetector CT and MR Imaging—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Yoon Jin Lee;Jeong Min Lee;Ji Sung Lee;Hwa Young Lee

  • Hepatic tumors: predisposing factors for complications of transcatheter oily chemoembolization.

    Jin Wook Chung;Jae Hyung Park;Joon Koo Han;Byung Ihn Choi

  • Detection of hypervascular nodular hepatocellular carcinomas: value of triphasic helical CT compared with iodized-oil CT

    Byung Ihn Choi;Hak Jong Lee;Joon Koo Han;Dae Seob Choi

  • Locally advanced rectal cancer: added value of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in the evaluation of tumor response to neoadjuvant chemo- and radiation therapy.

    Seung Ho Kim;Jeong Min Lee;Sung Hyun Hong;Gi Hyeon Kim

  • Hepatic tumors: contrast agent-enhancement patterns with pulse-inversion harmonic US.

    Tae Kyoung Kim;Byung Ihn Choi;Joon Koo Han;Hye Suk Hong

  • Preoperative staging of uterine cervical carcinoma: comparison of CT and MRI in 99 patients.

    Seunghyup Kim;Byung I. Choi;Joon Koo Han;Hong D. Kim

  • Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma as First-Line Treatment: Long-term Results and Prognostic Factors in 162 Patients with Cirrhosis

    Dong Ho Lee;Jeong Min Lee;Jae Young Lee;Se Hyung Kim

  • Intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt.

    J. H. Park;S. H. Cha;Joon Koo Han;M. C. Han

  • Cholangiocarcinoma: pictorial essay of CT and cholangiographic findings.

    Joon Koo Han;Byung Ihn Choi;Ah Young Kim;Su Kyung An

  • Gadoxetic Acid-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Differentiating Small Hepatocellular Carcinomas (≤2 cm in Diameter) From Arterial Enhancing Pseudolesions: Special Emphasis on Hepatobiliary Phase Imaging

    Hye Young Sun;Jeong Min Lee;Cheong Ii Shin;Dong Ho Lee

  • Intrahepatic Mass-forming Cholangiocarcinomas: Enhancement Patterns at Multiphasic CT, with Special Emphasis on Arterial Enhancement Pattern—Correlation with Clinicopathologic Findings

    Sun Ah Kim;Jeong Min Lee;Kyoung Bun Lee;Seung Ho Kim

  • Therapeutic effect of transcatheter oily chemoembolization therapy for encapsulated nodular hepatocellular carcinoma : CT and pathologic findings

    B. I. Choi;H. C. Kim;J. K. Han;J. H. Park

  • Preoperative assessment of resectability of hepatic hilar cholangiocarcinoma: combined CT and cholangiography with revised criteria.

    Ho Yun Lee;Se Hyung Kim;Jeong Min Lee;Sun-Whe Kim

  • Clonorchiasis and Cholangiocarcinoma: Etiologic Relationship and Imaging Diagnosis

    Byung Ihn Choi;Joon Koo Han;Sung Tae Hong;Kyoung Ho Lee

  • Small (≤20 mm) Pancreatic Adenocarcinomas: Analysis of Enhancement Patterns and Secondary Signs with Multiphasic Multidetector CT

    Soon Ho Yoon;Jeong Min Lee;Jae Yoon Cho;Kyoung Bun Lee

  • Intravoxel Incoherent Motion Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Correlation with Enhancement Degree and Histologic Grade

    Sungmin Woo;Jeong Min Lee;Jeong Hee Yoon;Ijin Joo

  • Liver abscess after transcatheter oily chemoembolization for hepatic tumors: incidence, predisposing factors, and clinical outcome.

    Soon-Young Song;Jin Wook Chung;Joon Koo Han;Hyung Guhn Lim

  • Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography for the Evaluation of Focal Solid Hepatic Lesions: Preliminary Findings

    Seung Hyun Cho;Jae Young Lee;Joon Koo Han;Byung Ihn Choi

  • Nontumorous arterioportal shunt mimicking hypervascular tumor in cirrhotic liver: two-phase spiral CT findings.

    T K Kim;B I Choi;J K Han;J W Chung

Frequent Co-Authors

Byung Ihn Choi
Byung Ihn Choi Seoul National University
Jeong Min Lee
Jeong Min Lee Seoul National University
Jae Hyung Park
Jae Hyung Park Sungkyunkwan University
Jung-Hwan Yoon
Jung-Hwan Yoon Seoul National University Hospital
Seock-Ah Im
Seock-Ah Im Seoul National University Hospital
Woo Ho Kim
Woo Ho Kim Seoul National University

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