Characterization of hyperechoic focal liver lesions: Quantitative evaluation with pulse inversion harmonic imaging in the late phase of Levovist

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-47

  Celik, Halil ^a   Özdemir, Hakan ^a   Yücel, Cem ^a   Gultekin, Serap ^a   Oktar, Suna O ^a   Arac, Mehmet ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Hyperechoic liver tumors; Pulse inversion harmonic imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; TUMORS;

CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; DECIBELS; HYPERECHOIC FOCAL LIVER LESIONS; MALIGNANT LESIONS;

ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PSEUDOTUMOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 11144337488     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.1.39     Document Type: Article

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