B-Flow contrast US with Levovist in hepatic tumors: Preliminary results

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 21-25

  Ono, Naofumi ^a   Ijuin, Hiroyasu ^a,b   Suga, Hideya ^a   Okabe, Yoshinobu ^a   Yakushiji, Kazuaki ^a   Hashiguchi, Michitoshi ^a   Kurohiji, Toshihiko ^c   Koga, Nobuhiko ^c   Kumashiro, Ryukichi ^a   Sata, Michio ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tenyoukai Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c Sin Koga Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

B Flow; Contrast agents; Hemangioma of liver; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Levovist

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B FLOW CONTRAST ECHOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0042974265     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.50.21     Document Type: Article

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