Power doppler imaging and evaluation of the resistive index in focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 268-273

  Uggowitzer, M ^a   Kugler, C ^a   Machan, L ^a   Groll R ^a   Stauber, R ^a   Mischinger, H J ^a   Ratschek, M ^a   Fotter, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conventional color Doppler sonography; Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH); Power Doppler sonography; Resistive index; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030942994     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900187     Document Type: Article

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