Alveolar Echinococcosis of the liver: Correlative color Doppler US, CT, and MRI study

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 492-498

  Coskun A ^a,b   Ozturk M ^a   Karahan, O I ^a   Erdogan, N ^a   Isin S ^a   Gulec M ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Alparslan Mah Bahar Cad   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alveolar Echinococcosis; Color Doppler ultrasound; CT; Imaging; Liver; MRI; US

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER EFFECT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOLOGY;

ALVEOLAR ECHINOCOCCOSIS; COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; LIVER; US;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER HYDATID CYST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 16444376885     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850410005912     Document Type: Article

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