Contrast enhancement patterns of hepatic tumours during the vascular phase using coded harmonic imaging and Levovist to differentiate hepatocellular carcinoma from other focal lesions

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 906, 2003, Pages 385-392

  Furuse, Jungi ^a   Nagase, M ^a   Ishii, H ^a   Yoshino, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BLOOD VESSEL; BOLUS INJECTION; CODED PHASE INVERSION HARMONIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHASE TRANSITION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0038481262     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/14206699     Document Type: Article

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