Quantitative ultrasonic detection and classification of diffuse liver disease: Comparison with human observer performance

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 196-203

  Garra, Brian S ^a,b   Insana, Michael F ^c   Shawker, Thomas H ^a,b   Wagner, Robert F ^c   Bradford, Mary ^a   Russell, Maryann ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC); Liver; Tissue characterization; Ultrasonography studies; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC HEPATITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GAUCHER DISEASE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 1; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAUCHER DISEASE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE I; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER DISEASES; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0024501867     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-198903000-00004     Document Type: Article

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