Clinical utility of color Doppler sonography in the differentiation of hepatocellular carcinoma from metastases and hemangioma

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-58

  Lin, Zu Yau ^a   Wang, Liang Yen ^a   Wang, Jing Houng ^a   Lu, Sheng Nan ^a   Chen, Shinn Cherng ^a   Chuang, Wan Long ^a   Hsieh, Ming Yuh ^a   Tsai, Jung Fa ^a   Chang, Wen Yu ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatic hemangioma; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Metastatic liver cancers; Ultrasonography, Doppler studies

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MEDICINE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0031034368     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.1.51     Document Type: Article

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