Detection of tumor parenchymal blood flow in hepatic tumors: Value of second harmonic imaging with a galactose-based contrast agent

Hepatology Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 242-251

  Ding, Hong ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a   Maekawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Suetomi, Yoichirou ^a   Minami, Yasunori ^a   Onda, Hirokazu ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Harmonic imaging; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver neoplasms; Power Doppler ultrasonography; Ultrasound contrast agents

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GALACTOSE; SHU 508;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0035155676     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(01)00106-1     Document Type: Article

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