Hepatocellular carcinoma: Assessment of vascularity with single-level dynamic ultrasonography during the arterial phase

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 887-896

  Kim, Kyoung Won ^b   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a   Park, Seong Ho ^a   Kim, Hyo Cheol ^a   Lee, Min Woo ^a   Kim, Se Hyung ^a   Lee, Kyoung Ho ^a   Park, Choong Hun ^a   Kim, Jae Soo ^a   Won, Hyung Jin ^b   Han, Joon Koo ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Liver neoplasms; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; OPTIMIZATION; SONOCHEMISTRY; TUMORS;

HEPATIC ARTERY;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; SINGLE LEVEL DYNAMIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 10744223105     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.9.887     Document Type: Article

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