New contrast agents in duplex sonography of focal liver processes;Kontrastmittelverstarkte duplex-sonographie von lebertumoren

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 265-269

  Hartmeier, S H ^a,b   Otto, R ^a  

^a Cantonal Hospital Baden   (Switzerland)

^b TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colour doppler; Contrast media; Liver neoplasms; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER TUMOR; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ADULT; AGED; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0033585775     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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