Atypical liver hemangiomas: Contrast-enhancement patterns with SH U 508A and pulse-inversion US;Angiomi epatici atipici: Aspetti contrastografici con ecografia ad inversione di impulso e SH U 508A

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 320-328

  Bartolotta, Tommaso Vincenzo ^a   Midiri, Massimo ^a   Galia, Massimo ^a   Iovane, Angelo ^a   Runza, Giuseppe ^a   Carcione, Aldo ^a   Lagalla, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Liver neoplasms, US; Liver, haemangiomas; Pulse inversion harmonic imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0345169818     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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