The role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the detection of focal liver lesions

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2001, Pages

  Solbiati, Luigi ^a   Tonolini, Massimo ^a   Cova, Luca ^a   Goldberg, S Nahum ^b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; MICROSPHERE; OCTAFLUOROPROPANE; SONOVUE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 0035669943     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00014125     Document Type: Article

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