Doppler sonographic enhancement of hepatic hemangiomas and hepatocellular carcinomas after perflenapent emulsion: Preliminary study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-116

  Lopez Ben, Robert ^a   Robbin, Michelle L ^a   Weber, Therese M ^a   Smith, J Kevin ^a   Needleman, Laurence ^b   Berland, Lincoln L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Contrast agents; Dodecafluoropentane; Hemangioma; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Ultrasonography, contrast agents

Indexed keywords

PERFLUOROPENTANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLUOROCARBONS; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY;

COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; DODECAFLUOROPENTANE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032958521     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.2.109     Document Type: Article

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