Real-time contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the spleen: Examination technique and preliminary clinical experience;Ecografia splenica con mezzo di contrasto in tempo reale: Metodologia d'esame ed esperienza clinica preliminare

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 338-356

  Catalano, Orlando ^a,b   Lobianco, Roberto ^a   Sandomenico, Fabio ^a   D'Elia, Gesualdo ^a   Siani, Alfredo ^a  

^a Ospedale S Maria delle Grazie   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Lymphoma; Spleen; Splenic trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SPLEEN BIOPSY; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN EXAMINATION; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLENECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344739661     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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