Echographic Tissue Characterization in Diffuse Parenchymal Liver Disease: Correlation of Image Structure with Histology

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 155-170

  Haberkorn, Uwe ^a   Zuna, Ivan ^a   Lorenz, Adolf ^a   Layer, Günter ^a   Van Kaick, Gerhard ^a   Räth, Ulrich ^a   Zerban, Heide ^b  

^a Institute of Radiology and Pathophysiology ^*  (United States)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffuse parenchymal liver disease; fatty liver; liver cirrhosis; pattern recognition procedures; ultrasound tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0025045379     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469001200301     Document Type: Article

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