Contrast-enhanced power Doppler sonography for the differentiation of cystic renal lesions: Preliminary study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 581-588

  Kim, Ah Young ^a   Kim, Seung Hyup ^a,b   Kim, Young Jun ^a   Lee, In Hee ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contrast medium; Cysts; Kidney; Power Doppler sonography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT REHABILITATION; TISSUE; UROLOGY;

CYST; CYSTIC RENAL LESIONS; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; TUMOR VASCULARITY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY TUMOR; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0345062321     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.9.581     Document Type: Article

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