Flash-Echo Gray-Scale Imaging in the Subtraction Mode for Assessing Perfusion of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 451-456

  Wang, Jing Houng ^a   Lu, Sheng Nan ^a   Changchien, Chi Sin ^a   Huang, Wu Shiung ^a   Hung, Chao Hung ^a   Tung, Hung Da ^a   Chen, Tsung Ming ^a   Lee, Chuan Mo ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flash echo imaging; Power Doppler ultrasonography; Small hepatocellular carcinoma; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0242317829     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10212     Document Type: Article

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