Color Doppler ultrasound of liver lesions: Signal enhancement after intravenous injection of the ultrasound contrast agent Levovist®

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-35

  Ernst, H ^a,c   Hahn, E G ^a   Balzer, T ^b   Schlief, R ^b   Heyder, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasonography; Contrast agent; Doppler ultrasonography; Liver

Indexed keywords

ALBUNEX; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHOVIST; GALACTOSE; HUMAN ALBUMIN; SHU 508;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0030059387     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199601)24:1<31::AID-JCU5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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