Directed biopsy during contrast-enhanced sonography of the prostate

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 915-919

  Halpern, Ethan J ^a   Frauscher, Ferdinand ^a   Rosenberg, Martin ^a   Gomella, Leonard G ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GLYCEROL; LIPID; LIPOSOME; MICROSPHERE; OCTAFLUOROPROPANE; PERFLUTREN; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0036129046     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.178.4.1780915     Document Type: Article

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