Imaging of focal liver lesions: Low-mechanical-index real-time ultrasonography with SonoVue

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-297

  Ding, Hong ^a   Wang, Wen Ping ^a   Huang, Bei Jian ^a   Wei, Rui Xue ^a   He, Nian An ^a   Qi, Qing ^a   Li, Chao Lun ^a  

^a ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Liver neoplasms; Low mechanical index; Microbubbles; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TUMORS;

CARCINOMA; FOCAL LIVER LESIONS; HYPERPLASIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 14644437048     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.3.285     Document Type: Article

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