Improved detection of liver metastases with phase inversion ultrasound during the late phase of levovist

Academic Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Albrecht, Thomas ^a,c   Hoffmann, Christian W ^a   Schettler, Stefan ^a   Schmitz, Stephan ^a   Overberg, Aline ^a   Ilg, Michael ^b   Wolf, Karl Jürgen ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

B SCAN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036235088     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80445-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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