Detection of liver metastases: Comparison of contrast-enhanced wide-band harmonic imaging with conventional ultrasonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 509-515

  Bernatik, Thomas ^a   Strobel, Deike ^a   Hahn, Eckhart G ^a   Becker, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liver metastases; Ultrasonography; Wide band harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HORMONES; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOLOGY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

LIVER METASTASES;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE;

EID: 0035036386     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2001.20.5.509     Document Type: Article

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