Comparison of contrast-enhanced harmonic ultrasonography and power Doppler ultrasonography for depicting vascularity of hepatocellular carcinoma identified by angiography-assisted CT

Hepatology Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-322

  Honda, Takashi ^a,b   Kumada, Takashi ^a   Kiriyama, Seiki ^a   Sone, Yasuhiro ^a   Tanikawa, Makoto ^a   Hisanaga, Yasuhiro ^a   Toyoda, Hidenori ^a   Ishiguro, Hiroki ^a   Ogawa, Sadanobu ^a   Takeshima, Kenji ^a   Kawachi, Toshiaki ^a   Hibi, Toshio ^a   Hayashi, Kazuhiko ^b   Katano, Yoshiaki ^b   Fukuda, Yoshihide ^b   Goto, Hidemi ^b  

^a OGAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography assisted CT; Contrast enhanced harmonic gray scale imaging; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Power Doppler sonography; Tumor vascularity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER ARTERIOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER NODULE; LIVER PERFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0348155663     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6346(03)00265-1     Document Type: Article

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