Comparison between color power Doppler ultrasound with echo-enhancer and spiral computed tomography in the evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma vascularization before and after ablation procedures

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1854-1859

  Boulay, Fabrice ^a   Berthier, Frédéric ^a   Dahan, Colette ^a   Tran, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0034967404     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02446-7     Document Type: Article

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