Differentiation of hepatocellular adenoma and focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver: Comparison of power Doppler imaging and conventional color Doppler sonography

European Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1410-1415

  Bartolozzi, C ^a   Lencioni, R ^a   Paolicchi, A ^a   Moretti, M ^a   Armillotta, N ^a   Pinto, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler studies, power Doppler studies; Liver neoplasms, diagnosis, US; Liver, focal nodular hyperplasia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; LIVER; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOMA, LIVER CELL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0031309018     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050308     Document Type: Article

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