Percutaneous ablation therapy guided by contrast-enhanced sonography for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 143-149

  Numata, Kazushi ^a   Isozaki, Tetsuo ^a   Ozawa, Yutaka ^a   Sakaguchi, Takashi ^a   Kiba, Takayoshi ^a   Kubota, Toru ^a   Ito, Akira ^a   Sugimori, Kazuya ^b   Shirato, Kazuhito ^b   Morimoto, Manabu ^b   Tanaka, Katsuaki ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; PALMITIC ACID; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0037214406     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.1.1800143     Document Type: Article

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