Hepatocellular carcinoma treated with radiofrequency ablation: Comparison of pulse inversion contrast-enhanced harmonic sonography, contrast-enhanced power Doppler sonography, and helical CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 375-380

  Meloni, M F ^a   Goldberg, S N ^a   Livraghi, T ^a   Calliada, F ^a   Ricci, P ^a   Rossi, M ^a   Pallavicini, D ^a   Campani, R ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034932613     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.177.2.1770375     Document Type: Article

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